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Electrical stimulation of the brain may help people who stutter
When Guillermo Mejias was 7 years old, his parents sent him out to buy bread during a family holiday in southern Spain. Mejias still remembers his growing anxiety as he walked to the bakery, repeating what he would say over and over in his head. But when the moment arrived, he was unable to produce a single word. He recalls returning empty-handed, ashamed, and wondering what to tell his parents. “I was so tense that I had been inadvertently biting my cheeks and tongue and my mouth was bleeding,” he says. Mejias still stutters, but today, as a brain researcher at the Complutense University of Madrid, he investigate...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - June 22, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Glyn Humphreys obituary
Key figure in cognitive neuroscience whose research helped many stroke victimsWhen the neuropsychologist Glyn Humphreys, who has died suddenly aged 61, took up his first lectureship, at Birkbeck College, London, a student with a background in physiotherapy joined his class. She asked about the implications of David Marr’s theory of visual perception for the understanding of patients who experience visual disturbances after suffering a stroke. This led to a lively discussion and a subsequent visit to a stroke clinic. It proved to be a turning point in Glyn’s research, highlighting the many ways in which brain damage can...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 9, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Maggie Snowling Tags: Neuroscience Psychology Birkbeck, University of London Disability University of Oxford Source Type: news