University of Reading Brain Embodiment Lab

23/05/2014

Check out our new page on the University of Reading site!

http://www.reading.ac.uk/sse/research/systems-neuroscience/sse-systems-neuroscience.aspx

Systems Neuroscience Research Group

04/04/2014

I'd buy that for a dollar!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26838250

The BBC's Richard Taylor checks out a hi-tech robot security guard.

31/03/2014

Amazing

Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature's own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident 3...

15/10/2013

Terrence Deacon explains his theory about the emergence of mind. It's very similar, though unconnected, to the theory put forth by Mark Bickhard.

A radical new explanation of how life and consciousness emerge from physics and chemistry from the UC Berkeley Anthropology Chair, Terrence Deacon.

02/10/2013

An interesting new myoelectric leg prosthesis.

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Robotic Leg Control with EMG Decoding in an Amputee with Nerve Transfers

29/08/2013

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722152705.htm

23/07/2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al5RhaJgxxU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

18/06/2013

Ben Whalley, Immy Smith, and Slawek Nasuto from our lab, among others, discuss the progress and challenges of building a brain.

Roland Pease reports on scientists building brains from scratch in the lab.

11/06/2013

A new BCI study commented on by our own Dr Ian Daly!

Activity observed in the brain when using a "mind machine" is similar to how the brain learns new motor skills like riding a bike, scientists say.

01/05/2013

New studentship available!

We make split second decisions and actions at each step of our lives. Engaging in such activities is critically dependent on ability to anticipate future outcomes. Anticipation has been postulated as one of the most generic forms of information processing in perception, motor control, and coordinati...

01/05/2013

An idea that the Universe tries to maximise its future disorder, or entropy, seems to drive the development of a wide array of behaviours in simulations.