"You will remember..."
Posted on 08/14/2010 8:43:07 PM PDT by LibWhacker
FINDING it difficult to revise for an exam? Help could be on its way in the form of the first non-invasive way of stimulating the brain that can boost visual memory.
The technique uses transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), in which weak electrical currents are applied to the scalp using electrodes. The method can temporarily increase or decrease activity in a specific brain region and has already been shown to boost verbal and motor skills in volunteers.
Richard Chi, a PhD student at the Centre for the Mind, University of Sydney, and colleagues wanted to follow up on previous research showing that lesions in the left anterior temporal lobe (ATL), an area near the temple, can lead to improvements in visual memory and perceptual skills similar to the abilities exhibited by some people with autism. Chi's team wondered if inhibiting that area using tDCS might likewise improve memory.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
Don’t try this at home kids...
"You will remember..."
Can it help you remember where you put your wallet or keys?
Count me in! I’ve got an extra car battery just a waitin for a use!
I think I’ll pass.
Some things I’d rather forget!
Is this the same as shock treatments they did away with?
I’m not sure this is a good idea ... in the privacy of your home ... .
I wonder if this could be used, somehow, to help Alzheimer’s patients?
The "plastic educator" from the film Forbidden Planet.
A classic!
From movie ‘Total Recall’:
“Consider us divorced.”
Don’t mess around with the Terminator’s memory circuits, LOL.
I find that to be ... to be ... what's the word?
(ok, give me a charge)
So you took the brain boost, huh?http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/f/forbidden-planet-script-transcript-leslie.html>>You oughta see my new mind. Up there in lights. Bigger than his now.
Easy, Doc.
>>Morbius was too close to the problem. The Krell had completed their project.
I love the Internet.
I’ve got a 9-volt battery hooked up to my head right now. Doesn’t seem to be working, but my hair is standing on end.
"The Teacher" from the Star Trek episode "Spock's Brain."
That was a good one!
Don’t let them see the movie Strange Brew.
Some times I like my hereafters (what am I in here after)it’s like a game.
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