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Monday, December 28, 2020

University of Otago, New Zealand - Scientists Invented a Wearable Device That Can Prevent Alzheimer's Disease [The Science Times, 23 December 2020]

Title:
Scientists Invented a Wearable Device That Can Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
 
Author:
Erika P.
 
Published:
The Science Times, 23 December 2020

From the article:
A team of scientists from the University of Otago unveiled a new wearable device strapped across the head and produces electrical pulses to arouse the olfactory nerves. That area is usually known to be dysfunctional during the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.

This Google Glass-like device is fitted with six electrodes placed near the temporal lobe, a part of the brain that controls the organization of sensory input. It is said that this new device will prevent Alzheimer's disease.