The human brain undergoes significant functional and structural changes during the first decades of life, as the fundamental building blocks of human cognition are established. However, relatively ...

The complexity of the human brain has long been an enigma that neuroscientists have sought to untangle. Now, new technology at UAB will act as a critical tool to help researchers and clinicians ...

Young boy in wearable MEG scanner. Credit: Toronto Sick Kids Hospital A new study has shown how aspects of brain function change with age, revealing that excitatory processes in the brain decrease, ...

In a recent study, a joint research team at the University of Nottingham, University of Oxford, and University College London successfully tested a new type of magnetoencephalography (MEG) system.

Currently under development by scientists at the University of Nottingham and the University of Birmingham, this mobile scanner will bring state-of-the-art magnetoencephalography (MEG) capabilities to ...

New research has given the clearest ever picture of young children's developing brains, using a wearable brain scanner to map electrical brain activity. The work opens up new possibilities for ...

MEG reveals separate spatial locations of the beta rebound for the index finger (red) and little finger (blue) in a single participant. (Courtesy: E Barratt et al NeuroImage ...

The University of Nottingham launched Cerca Magnetics in 2020 to commercialise OPM-MEG scanners and related technologies. The wearable system has been installed in a number of high profile research ...

New research has given the clearest ever picture of young children’s developing brains, using a wearable brain scanner to map electrical brain activity. The work opens up new possibilities for ...

A new study has shown how aspects of brain function change with age, revealing that excitatory processes in the brain decrease, while inhibitory processes increase as children get older. The findings ...