Organic user interfaceIn human–computer interaction, an organic user interface (OUI) is defined as a user interface with a non-flat display. After Engelbart and Sutherland's graphical user interface (GUI), which was based on the cathode ray tube (CRT), and Kay and Weiser's ubiquitous computing, which is based on the flat panel liquid-crystal display (LCD), OUI represents one possible third wave of display interaction paradigms, pertaining to multi-shaped and flexible displays.
Tool and die makerTool and die makers are highly skilled crafters working in the manufacturing industries. Variations on the name include tool maker, toolmaker, die maker, diemaker, mold maker, moldmaker or tool jig and die-maker depending on which area of concentration or industry an individual works in. Tool and die makers work primarily in toolroom environments—sometimes literally in one room but more often in an environment with flexible, semipermeable boundaries from production work.
Motor imageryMotor imagery is a mental process by which an individual rehearses or simulates a given action. It is widely used in sport training as mental practice of action, neurological rehabilitation, and has also been employed as a research paradigm in cognitive neuroscience and cognitive psychology to investigate the content and the structure of covert processes (i.e., unconscious) that precede the execution of action. In some medical, musical, and athletic contexts, when paired with physical rehearsal, mental rehearsal can be as effective as pure physical rehearsal (practice) of an action.
Mode (user interface)In user interface design, a mode is a distinct setting within a computer program or any physical machine interface, in which the same user input will produce perceived results different from those that it would in other settings. Modal interface components include the Caps lock and Insert keys on the standard computer keyboard, both of which typically put the user's typing into a different mode after being pressed, then return it to the regular mode after being re-pressed. An interface that uses no modes is known as a modeless interface.
Utilisation d'outils chez les animauxvignette|Une femelle gorille s'aidant d'un bâton pour se stabiliser dans une zone marécageuse afin de ramasser de sa main libre des herbes aquatiques. L'utilisation d'outils chez les animaux est un comportement identifié chez certains animaux susceptibles d'employer des objets à des fins de recherche de nourriture et d'eau, de toilettage, de défense ou d'agression, de jeu ou de construction.
Spinal cord injury researchSpinal cord injury research seeks new ways to cure or treat spinal cord injury in order to lessen the debilitating effects of the injury in the short or long term. There is no cure for SCI, and current treatments are mostly focused on spinal cord injury rehabilitation and management of the secondary effects of the condition. Two major areas of research include neuroprotection, ways to prevent damage to cells caused by biological processes that take place in the body after the injury, and neuroregeneration, regrowing or replacing damaged neural circuits.
NeurotechnologieLa neurotechnologie désigne toute technologie ayant une influence fondamentale sur la manière dont sont compris le cerveau et ses fonctions supérieures, les différents aspects de la conscience et de la pensée. Elle inclut également les technologies visant à réparer, voire améliorer le fonctionnement du cerveau ainsi que celles qui permettent aux chercheurs et cliniciens de visualiser le cerveau. Aujourd'hui, la neurotechnologie est en cours de développement.
Guided imageryGuided imagery (also known as guided affective imagery, or katathym-imaginative psychotherapy) is a mind-body intervention by which a trained practitioner or teacher helps a participant or patient to evoke and generate s that simulate or recreate the sensory perception of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, movements, and images associated with touch, such as texture, temperature, and pressure, as well as imaginative or mental content that the participant or patient experiences as defying conventional sensory ca
Image mentalevignette|Gravure d'une idée mentale Le terme image mentale est utilisé en philosophie, dans le domaine de la communication et en psychologie cognitive pour décrire la représentation cérébrale mémorisée ou imaginée d’un objet physique, d'un concept, d’une idée, ou d'une situation. La capacité particulièrement développée des êtres humains à former, mémoriser et utiliser des images mentales, pour appréhender l’environnement et communiquer avec les autres, est intimement liée à l’intelligence.
Neuromodulation (medicine)Neuromodulation is "the alteration of nerve activity through targeted delivery of a stimulus, such as electrical stimulation or chemical agents, to specific neurological sites in the body". It is carried out to normalize – or modulate – nervous tissue function. Neuromodulation is an evolving therapy that can involve a range of electromagnetic stimuli such as a magnetic field (rTMS), an electric current, or a drug instilled directly in the subdural space (intrathecal drug delivery).
