Your feet can send a lot of sensory information to your brain. But whether you believe that your footwear is affecting your cognition may matter more than what shoes you wear.
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Balancing well is a whole-body experience that develops over time and takes practice to master.
The brain’s somatosensory cortex may help enrich our emotional experiences and improve our mental health. Mindfulness and dance movement therapy may be effective ways to activate it.
When designing neuroprosthetic devices for users to control with their thoughts, engineers must take into account the sensory information brains collect from the environment and how it gets processed.
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Neurological Surgery Resident, University of California, San Francisco
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Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Hwang Endowed Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology, University of Washington
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Professor, Psychology Department, Bishop's University
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Professor of Neurosurgery, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University