In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes the gradual loss of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis, and ...

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common motor neuron disease, with an incidence of 1 or 2 cases per 100,000 persons and a lifetime risk of 1 case per 800 persons.