Accidental Discovery During Surgery Reverses Memory Loss

DailyTech.com ^ | January 30th | Michael Asher

[Lancey Howard]

Total Recall

[wastedyears]

So since I didn’t excerpt anything, we’re in the clear?

[ETL]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2357574/posts?page=20#20

[CharlesWayneCT]

You just violated their rules by posting their rules here.

You were only allowed to post 10 words from their rules, or paraphrase.

:-)

[norton]

Catch 22 will get you every time.

[ETL]

You were only allowed to post 10 words from their rules, or paraphrase.

I figured the rules only applied to their articles and so forth. Not the rules themselves. In any case, I asked that the posts be removed.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I was just kidding.

[a fool in paradise]

“The intensity and level of detail of the memories is frightening.” (30 years out)

Hillary Clinton has forgotten more than the courts will ever know.

[Mr. Lucky]

That’s right.

[doug from upland]

This could be used on al Qaeda as the ultimate weapon in getting information.

[a fool in paradise]

He says the electrodes function like "turning up the volume" on the brain's memory circuits. "As we turned the current up, we first drove his memory circuits and improved his learning. As we increased the intensity, we got we got spontaneous memories of discrete events.

So maybe your life DOES flash before your eyes when you die.

Jim Morrison called it the ultimate movie.

But think how bad this experience could be...

"D'oh! I shoulda carried the 2 when I did that math test problem back in Senior year..."

"SHE WAS COMING ON TO ME!!!!"

and the other regrets that went out the window

[a fool in paradise]

The ACLU would say you cannot tap a man’s brain.

[Revolting cat!]

Wow, electric shock therapy is back! What will they think of next?

[toast]

This device was originally used to correct essential tremor. It works very well for that use.
There has been more recent testing for Parkinson’s, obsessive compulsive disorder, and appetite control. The testing is not complete.

If they are stimulating memories they probably don’t have the electrode in the right spot. Cranking the voltage with incorrect placement would make me nervous.

But nice to see another possible use.

Don’t ask me any questions. I don’t think I’m supposed to comment. I just couldn’t help it.

[SunkenCiv]

I’m glad I have begun to have memory problems, knock wood. [knock knock] Come in?