(Last Updated On: April 19, 2013)In Abu Dhabi, not long ago, a state-of -the-art medical scanner started to  help scientists unveil the secrets of how the brain processes languages. At the inauguration of New York University Abu Dhabi's Neuroscience of Language Laboratory, a new and revolutionary magneto-encephalography machine was presented.  It will be able to analyse language processes in the brain much faster and more efficiently than current neuroscience technology. It will also help researchers in better understanding people with linguistic challenges, including those who develop speech impediments (e.g. because of a stroke or a brain tumour). The machine was custom-built for the University by Japan's Kanazawa Institute of Technology and is the first of its kind in the Gulf. Being a non-invasive brain scanner, it represents a breakthrough due to its high level of sensitivity. It is able to measure extremely small magnetic fields generated by the electric activity in the brain. The machine has 200 sensors inside an insulated casing that covers the head. The research team looks at the brain's electromagnetic activity while a subject is given language tasks. The chance to monitor the brain millisecond by millisecond is very exciting and opens brand new, unimaginable horizons for brain study.