The latter was a small brain tumor which resulted in the 73-year-old suffering minor complications, and there were fears he would have to quit his job just nine months after his appointment along with manager Steve Staunton.
The EPOC detects and processes real time brain activity patterns (small voltage changes in the brain caused by the firing of neurons) using a device that measures electric activity in the brain.
Researchers at Northwestern, in a small study using brain imaging, have found preliminary evidence that being in a positive mood aids the creative process in problem solving.
Stefan Duma, a Virginia Tech professor who is studying the issue, said it would be "incorrect" to rely too much on small pools of brain donors whose families may have suspected there was something amiss.
And from this small residue, the brain can create complexity and elegance, all the textures repainted from scratch in a reasonably consistent way.
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Then they divided the whole brain into small sections with a three-dimensional grid and recorded the activity in each section of the grid for each second.
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From this residue, something presumably small and compact, the brain reconstructs or recreates the memory.
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To apply his brain to the small universe of money instead of the battle between Jefferson and the Federalists?
Additional studies will evaluate the effectiveness of the pill in glioblastoma, a lethal brain tumor, small-cell lung cancer and prostate cancer.
Prof Edgerton speculated that "we are activating the spinal cord to a critical level" close to the level which would trigger movement, and a small signal from "the brain pushes it over" leading to movement.
Part of this masculinisation process affects the brain, and even quite small superfluous doses of the hormone can have effects on developing female brains.
An MRI brain scan can detect these small strokes.
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This fall Dirks and six scientists at the University of Toronto proved the existence of the cells in human brain tumors, pinpointing a small group of cells believed to be the driver of the tumors' growth.
In a very small number of cases, inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) may follow.
But then MRI scans spotted a small, fast-growing lesion inside his brain.
My company, Romotive, builds a small, affordable robot that uses an iPhone as his brain.
After two months I felt more alert, and revisiting Amen I could see small changes in the appearance of my re-scanned brain.
Maybe companies should pay less attention to what small "focus groups" say and more to what their brain scans reveal.
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Measles is potentially dangerous in a very small number of cases - it can lead to pneumonia or brain swelling.
Researchers measured brain activity of 47 healthy adults -- a small but scientifically valid size group for this type of study -- while using a mobile device.
In the broadest sense, the history of measuring the universe is an emotional as well as a scientific one: It has proceeded only as fast as the human brain can stomach and digest the truth of how infinitesimally small our place in the universe really is.
An aging brain can better tease out patterns and see the big picture, Small says.
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"I remember as a small child him talking about the greatest area of discovery was still the human brain, " he said.
The researchers are now screening small molecules to look for those that might increase SNX27 production or function in the brain.
They differ from so-called 'locked-in' patients whose brain function is intact but are paralysed and communicate usually through eye or small head movements.
Brain signals measured non-invasively, and without gel, have very small voltages.
Often as small as an aspirin, implants use thin metal electrodes to "listen" to brain activity and in some cases to stimulate activity in the brain.
Jan Van Eck, the principal of the firm located on Madison Ave in Midtown, was the brain child behind the new exchange traded fund, called the Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap .
The sample size of this project was very small, but the researchers did reach a logical conclusion: they theorize that it takes the brain longer to process the ugly, more-difficult-to-read fonts.
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