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Found 6 results for Anil Ananthaswamy
A wall of brain scans

AI can detect early signs of Parkinson's from brain scans alone

15 June 2018

An AI could identify signs of Parkinson’s from brain scans alone. One day it could be used to spot the disease before physical symptoms show


A close-up of an eye

Electric zap ‘wakes’ man after 15 years in a vegetative state

25 September 2017

A man in a vegetative state for 15 years has been able to open his eyes, move his head, and even try to smile, after electrical stimulation of his vagus nerve


Angela Sirigu

Meet the team who 'woke' a man from 15 years in vegetative state

25 September 2017

Angela Sirigu and her team stimulated the brain of a man who fell into a vegetative state after a car crash 2001. Now he can move his eyes and listen to music


MRI scan

AI spots Alzheimer’s brain changes years before symptoms emerge

14 September 2017

A machine-learning algorithm that examines MRI scans can identify alterations in how different regions of the brain are connected that indicate future disease


A scan of the brain

Baby brain scans can predict who is likely to develop autism

7 June 2017

A machine-learning program can tell from scans which high-risk infants will later show autism symptoms. This could, controversially, enable early intervention


A classroom in Uttar Pradesh

Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months

24 May 2017

Illiterate adults who have learned to read and write over half a year show brain changes – even in regions not obviously linked to reading, writing or learning


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