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On June 12, 2024 Hussein Alawieh successfully defended his Phd thesis: “To Activate or Not to Activate? The Dual Role of Electrical Stimulation in Brain-Computer Interfaces”  Let’s Party! We wish you all the best in your future career   Detailed Thesis Abstract: Injuries affecting the central nervous system may disrupt… read more 

Khan News May 24, 2024 / 05:03 PM CDT Understanding why some people develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and clinical depression, while others don’t , is a major challenge. New research from Dell Medical School at UT Austin is tackling the topic and providing potential avenues for therapeutics and biomarkers. Watch… read more 

Growing interest in non-invasive brain–computer interfaces, rather than implants, might improve accessibility for patients, but resolution needs to be improved. There is a worldwide race for marketable medical devices that harness brain–computer interfaces (BCIs). So far, attention has largely focused on sensors implanted in the brain and connected to computers,… read more 

Imagine playing a racing game like Mario Kart, using only your brain to execute the complex series of turns in a lap. This is not a video game fantasy, but a real program that engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have created as part of research into brain-computer… read more 

Michela (Micky) Marinelli was one in five people to receive the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Rigor Champions Prize for enhancing rigor in scientific research by promoting critical examination of how cognitive biases and human errors can influence scientific reasoning.