The research group for Monitoring and Modulation of Brain Circuits in Brain Diseases of the Institute of Neurosciences (UBNeuro) led by Dr. Mercè Masana participates in the NEUROPA project. The project is led by a pioneering international consortium in the field of phyto-optogenetics, with experts......
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative disease which affects the neurons that control the muscular tissue. As the disease progresses, these motoneurons stop working and end up dying, which causes a progressive muscular paralysis with a life-threatening prognosis. Unlike the familial ALS (fALS), which......
Implicit racial bias refers to the automatic non-conscious behaviours, even if one’s explicit attitude is not biased at all. Several studies have shown these prejudices are reduced in white people after being in the body of a black person in virtual reality. Now, a study......
