Rehab reprieve: games add a little fun to recovery
(June 29, 2010) - While Jean-Guy Thibault was in a Montreal rehabilitation hospital in 2008 after a massive stroke, he made a promise to his occupational therapist: “One day, I’m going to hav ...full story

Feeling embodied helps move us.
(August 16, 2008) - How the feeling of our body shapes the way we move and think. It goes without saying that most of the time we have a subjective experience of existing within ...full story

CNS*2008 in Portland, OR
(August 16, 2008) - The 17th Annual meeting of the Organization for Computational Neurosciences (OCNS) was held July 19 - 24, 2008 in Portland, Oregon. The highlight, two inaugural presentations of research ...full story

Thank you Ottawa
(May 11, 2008) - When a bill becomes a law --- should we thank our elected representatives in Ottawa? In the case of Bill C-293 the answer for me is YES.Through the Make Poverty History cam ...full story

Recharging batteries by going for a walk
(February 10, 2008) - There's nothing worse than going out for a run and having your iPod battery give out half-way through. Dr. Max Donelan and his team of researchers at Simon Fraser University (S.F.U.) have come up with ...full story

Space-age research to help kids with co-ordination disorders
(January 11, 2008) - There is a group of children who, to the casual observer, appear happy, smart, outgoing, healthy and well-adjusted. But throw them a ball and watch them flinch, fumble and flush....full story

Snorting a brain chemical could replace sleep
(January 2, 2008) - (from Wired 12.28.07)In what sounds like a dream for millions of tired coffee drinkers, Darpa-funded scientists mi ...full story

Intensive rehab shows promise for brain and spinal cord repair
(December 23, 2007) - Intensive rehabilitation training for patients with spinal cord injuries can stimulate new branches growing from severed nerve fibres, alongside compensatory changes in the brain, say Canadian researchers. Most importantly, it could lead to hand... ...full story

Marrying Math and Biology
(December 5, 2007) - MATH 371: Mathematical Modelling in the Life SciencesA new undergraduate course, offered for the first time in the Winter 2008 semester, will dispel a common misconception ...full story

2nd International Symposium on MUNE and QEMG
(August 22, 2006) - From August 18 - 20 a group of dedicated researchers met in Utah to discuss the latest research aimed at developing sensitive tests for diagnosing disorders of the neuromuscular system. Two diagnostic ...full story