Posted on 10/04/2019 7:30:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Roberts...Wenchan Zhao, Francisco Garcia-Oscos and Daniel Dinh, used "optogenetic manipulation"—where light is used to monitor and control brain activity—to guide the learning of songs. They controlled the interactions between two regions of the brain in order to create memories of syllables of a song—the length of a note corresponded to the length of light exposure. As a result, they guided the learning of the zebra finch with these implanted memories.
Roberts said they did not implant the song—just the length of the syllables. This is just one pathway involved in vocalizations. If they can uncover the other circuits that control different aspects, such as pitch and order, they could potentially implant the memory of a whole song.
"We learn many behaviors during development by emulating or imitating the behavior of our parents, older siblings or teachers. The brain circuits involved in forming memories of these social experiences are still poorly understood.
"Our research in young songbirds shows that select synapses connecting sensory and motor circuits play a powerful role in laying down these types of memories and that artificial activation of these connections in the brain can help form memories that can guide learning. We were very surprised by the outcome of our experiments," Roberts said.
The team now plans to identify more pathways involved in vocalization learning...
Roberts said it is unlikely a similar approach could be used in humans to implant memories, and such experiments would carry immense ethical implications. However, he did say that understanding these pathways could help us understand conditions where developmental disorders cause speech problems.
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AOC gets in line first?
How did they get screeching Elizabeth Warren to donate her bird brain?
Public School teachers do this all the time.
They implanted the memory of landing under sniper fire in Hillary’s brain.
This thread is gonna get rowdy pretty quick.......*chuckle*
here come more whistle blowers tweet tweet
Well that’s very cool. Now do AOC.
Implanted True-dope memories of being black. Ya, THAT is why he goes blackface so often! Now he has an excuse.
Democrats do that to their voters every election. “Remember how those evil Republicans took away your birthday?” :)
They tried it. Her brain rejected thoughts, even implanted ones, as hostile invaders.
The press does this every day.
After reading the headline I just had to see how many AOC references there were. I was not disappointed. HA!
They tried, but now she doesn't remember 1st grade, her current address and to pull down her panties before she pees.
They are working on the panties thing...
Isn’t this illegal election meddling? Implanting false memories in Democrats...that’s high tech!
What will Trump think of next? Does he do it via Twitter?
I think I saw this shiff guy that was mind hacked by Trump.
I can guess what Trump is going to be impeached for.....
Occasional Cortex a recipient?
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