A VLSI field-programmable mixed-signal array specialised for neural signal processing and neural modelling has been designed. This has been fabricated as a core on a chip prototype intended for use in an implantable closed-loop prosthetic system aimed at rehabilitation of the learning of a discrete motor response. The chosen experimental context is cerebellar classical conditioning of the eye-b...

Premonitory urges are a cardinal feature in Tourette syndrome and are commonly viewed as the driving force of tics, building up before and subsiding after the execution of tics. Although the urge-tic interplay is one of the most preeminent features in Tourette syndrome, the temporal relationship between tics and urges has never been examined experimentally, mainly due to the lack of an appropri...

this paper presents an automatic drowsy driver monitoring and accident prevention system that is based on monitoring the changes in the eye blink duration. Our proposed method detects the drowsiness in eyes using the proposed mean sift algorithm. Our new method detects eye blinks via a standard webcam in real-time YUY2_640x480 resolution. Experimental results in the eyeblink database showed tha...

Numerous studies from several laboratories report that temporary inactivation of the cerebellar interpositus nucleus and regions of overlying cortex during eye-blink conditioning completely prevents acquisition of the conditioned eye-blink response (CR) without affecting the ability to learn the CR in subsequent training without inactivation. Recently, these results have been challenged by the ...

PURPOSE To test a prototype magnet system (magnetic levator prosthesis) for the ability to comfortably and non-invasively provide eye opening with maintenance of the blink in people with paralytic ptosis and determine preliminary efficacy for short-term clinical application. METHODS The prototype device consisted of a magnet on a spectacle frame and a micro-magnet array mounted externally on ...

This study investigated the effect of moving from single-occupancy offices to a landscape environment. Thirty-two visual display unit (VDU) operators reported no significant change in visual discomfort. Lighting conditions and glare reported subjectively showed no significant correlation with visual discomfort. Experience of pain was found to reduce subjectively rated work capacity during VDU t...

EEMML (Emotional Eye Movement Markup Language) is a scripting tool that enables authors to describe and generate emotional eye movement in virtual agents. The EEMML is capable of describing and generating both basic eye movement and emotional eye movement, including primary (joy, sadness, anger, fear, disgust and surprise) and intermediate (emotions that can be represented as the mixture of two...