Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Sensory-Guided Joint Learning Improved EEG Motor Imagery BCI Accuracy in Healthy Adults

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Sensory-Guided Joint Learning Improved EEG Motor Imagery BCI Accuracy in Healthy Adults

TL;DR: A 2026 randomized training study in Nature Communications found that sensory-guided joint learning—a combination of performance-triggered wrist vibration, Copy/New strategy cues, and an adaptive electroencephalography (EEG) decoder—produced a 19.0-percentage-point improvement in motor-imagery brain-computer interface (BCI) accuracy in healthy BCI-naïve adults, versus 6.3 and 3.0 points in two control groups. Key Findings Thirty-one healthy adults …

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AI Precision Mental Health Adoption Hinged on Anxiety, Risk, and Acceptance

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AI Precision Mental Health Adoption Hinged on Anxiety, Risk, and Acceptance

TL;DR: A 2026 study in Journal of Medical Internet Research found that psychology trainees were generally open to artificial intelligence-based precision mental health technologies (AI-PMHTs), but fear, perceived risk, resistance to change, and reliability concerns shaped whether they expected to use them. Key Findings 357 psychology trainees: The cross-sectional survey included undergraduate and master’s psychology …

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Hemispheric Asymmetry MRI Model Classified Focal Cortical Dysplasia in Epilepsy

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Hemispheric Asymmetry MRI Model Classified Focal Cortical Dysplasia in Epilepsy

TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv tested an interpretable machine-learning model for focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), a lesion linked to drug-resistant epilepsy, and found that hemispheric-asymmetry MRI features classified 39 of 50 subjects correctly in leave-one-out testing. Key Findings 50-subject MRI sample: The analysis used 25 FCD patients and 25 age-matched healthy controls from the …

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AI Pulse Oximetry Detected Obstructive Sleep Apnea With 91% Sensitivity

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AI Pulse Oximetry Detected Obstructive Sleep Apnea With 91% Sensitivity

TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis in Journal of Medical Internet Research found that artificial intelligence models trained only on overnight pulse-oximetry oxygen-saturation data detected obstructive sleep apnea with 91.1% sensitivity and 88.4% specificity across 25 studies. Key Findings 25 studies and 23,171 participants were included: The review pooled adult studies that compared …

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Esports Gameplay Raised Physiology but Stayed Light Activity

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Esports Gameplay Raised Physiology but Stayed Light Activity

TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review in Sports Medicine – Open found that esports gameplay can raise heart rate, stress physiology, and energy expenditure, but the overall metabolic demand generally stayed in the light-activity range. Key Findings 176 records screened: The review searched PubMed, Embase, SPORTDiscus, Web of Science, and Scopus before narrowing to 5 eligible …

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People With Dementia Supported AI Medication Reviews With Human Oversight

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People With Dementia Supported AI Medication Reviews With Human Oversight

TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv reported that people living with dementia (PLwD) and carers were generally open to artificial intelligence (AI) support in structured medication reviews, but only when AI remained validated, transparent, secure, and subordinate to human clinical judgement. Key Findings 26-person qualitative sample: Researchers interviewed 12 people living with dementia and ran …

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Brain CT Was Normal in 72% of Acute Dizziness Emergency Cases

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Brain CT Was Normal in 72% of Acute Dizziness Emergency Cases

TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv found that routine non-contrast brain computed tomography (CT) had a low acute-pathology yield in 291 emergency patients with new dizziness, while diabetes, ataxic gait, and headache marked higher odds of abnormal CT findings. Key Findings 291-patient cohort: The retrospective analysis included consecutive adults with new-onset dizziness who underwent non-contrast …

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EmulatRx Agentic AI Used Real-World Data for Clinical Trial Design

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EmulatRx Agentic AI Used Real-World Data for Clinical Trial Design

TL;DR: A 2026 Nature Communications paper introduced EmulatRx, a multi-agent AI framework that used real-world clinical data to help design target-trial-emulation workflows for acute and chronic diseases, including Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease examples. Key Findings 20-trial evaluation: Researchers curated 20 clinical trials, with 10 acute-condition trials from MIMIC-IV and 10 chronic-disease trials from INSIGHT. …

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AI MRI Reprocessing Revealed Hidden MS Cortical Lesions

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AI MRI Reprocessing Revealed Hidden MS Cortical Lesions

TL;DR: A 2026 study in Communications Medicine reported that artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-contrast MRI post-processing could reveal cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis trial scans that standard MRI review usually misses. Key Findings 80-person methods subset: Researchers analyzed 80 people with primary progressive multiple sclerosis from the phase 3 ORATORIO trial, then trained additional models …

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Care Robots Reduced Neuropsychiatric Symptoms but Evidence Stayed Low Certainty

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Care Robots Reduced Neuropsychiatric Symptoms but Evidence Stayed Low Certainty

TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis in Journal of Medical Internet Research found that care robots showed a low-certainty reduction in neuropsychiatric symptoms, but six other pooled outcome domains did not reach statistical significance. Key Findings 34 randomized trials: The review included 34 randomized controlled studies across 17 countries, with 2,476 participants. 20 meta-analyzed …

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