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Brain Scans Can Read Memories, Scientists Find
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| Friday, March 13, 2009
Posted on 03/13/2009 12:44:04 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Humans create memories of locations in physical or virtual space as they move around – and it all shows up on brain scans. Researchers tracked brain activity related to "spatial memory" as volunteers moved about inside a virtual reality setup. Their new study challenges previous scientific thinking by showing that memories are recorded in regular patterns. "Surprisingly, just by looking at the brain data we could predict exactly where they were in the virtual reality environment," said Eleanor Maguire, a neuroscientist at the University College London in the U.K. "In other words, we could 'read' their spatial memories."
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: brainscans; memories
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JoeProBono
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Good thing we have no fault divorce.
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(The difference between Madoff and the US Congress is about a trillion dollars)
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03/13/2009 12:49:32 PM PDT
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> “Surprisingly, just by looking at the brain data we could predict exactly where they were in the virtual reality environment,”
All single straight guys have the same dream. No need for brain scan: beer, chicks and sports.
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I remember when Opie and Andy wouldn’t have endorsed a Marxist for president.
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Can brain scans read mammories?
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It's too late to see what Tim Russert really remembered about Scooter Libby!
-PJ
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Political Junkie Too
(You can never overestimate the Democrats' ability to overplay their hand.)
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