Discover your brain

Mendi Research Foundation

We imagine a world where people with brain disorders easily can access solutions which may benefit and improve their brain function. We believe science can help us to make this a reality.

About Us

Mendi Research Foundation develops and supports innovative breakthroughs in neuroscience. Our mission is to make advanced developments in neuroscience accessible for ordinary people.

Research

We conduct and promote research in the fields of brain-computer interfaces and neuroscience.

Technological advancement

We develop instruments for measuring brain activity using technologies like functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy.

Application

We make new developments widely available. We believe science needs to be used in order to provide it’s maximal benefits.

Our programs.

Supporting innovations

We currently have two neuroscience related programs which we use to promote the adoption and use of scientific advancements.

Discovering the brain-mind connection

We organize online workshop events to explore the brain-mind connection using technology. With brain-computer interfaces it becomes possible to monitor brain activity in real time. This facilitates the process of self-discovery of how brain states affect our awareness. We believe that direct interaction is a great way to learn about the brain, and that is accessible to all. An understanding of the functioning of the brain and our mental states is a key skill that is often not taught, but which can provide many benefits.

Developing neuroscience tools

Neuroscience is dependent on making accurate measurements. Often the tools used for these purposes are extremely expensive (like for example fMRI or MEG brain scanners). In order to make neuroscience more available for researchers with small funding as well as ordinary people we need less expensive instruments that are also very easy to use. We believe the creation of these tools will make neuroscience more available and for more discoveries to be made. The future breakthroughs in neuroscience could be made by groups of citizen scientist equipped with their own tools. As a part of this effort we research and develop instruments that can be used to measure brain activity.

Research

We do research on technologies like functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy and how this can be used to make brain-computer interfaces (BCI’s). Particularly we focus on how these BCI’s can be used to measure and monitor mental states such as attention. Recent developments in electronics has made it possible to produce these BCI’s at a much lower cost. We believe it is important that these recent breakthroughs are practically applied to help us learn more about the brain, and ultimately about ourselves.

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI)

Brain-computer interfaces are systems designed for connecting the human brain to computers. Signals measured from the brain can be used to modulate or control computer systems.

Cognitive neuroscience

Cognitive neuroscience is the scientific field that is concerned with the study of the biological processes and aspects that underlie cognition, with a specific focus on the neural connections in the brain which are involved in mental processes

Psychophysiology of attention

Attentional states are correlated with measurable events in the brain such as changes in brain blood flow. Increased focus and attention requires an increased metabolic demand which increases the amount of oxygenated blood in an activated area.