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Researchers Control Monkeys' Decisions With Bursts of Ultrasonic Waves
Gizmodo ^ | 05/20/2020 | George Dvorsky

Posted on 05/20/2020 7:34:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Specifically, the ultrasound treatments were shown to influence their decision to look either left or right at a target presented on a screen, despite prior training to prefer one target over the other.

The new study, co-authored by neuroscientist Jan Kubanek from the University of Utah, highlights the potential use of this non-invasive technique for treating certain disorders in humans, like addictions, without the need for surgery or medication. The procedure is also completely painless.

For their experiment, the researchers applied an experimental technique commonly used by scientists to study choice behaviors in humans, such as the effects of brain damage caused by strokes. Two macaque monkeys, with their heads immobilized and sitting in a dark room, were taught to look at a target at the center of a screen. After a few moments, a second target appeared on the screen, either to the right or left of the initial target, and then a third target appeared on the opposite side. The monkeys typically chose to gaze upon the targets in the order they appeared, but they were trained to resist this natural tendency with food rewards.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ultrasonic; universityofutah

1 posted on 05/20/2020 7:34:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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shock the monkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVf1ZoCJSo


2 posted on 05/20/2020 7:34:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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how come they didnt think of this in Planet of the Apes?


3 posted on 05/20/2020 7:35:27 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry)
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4 posted on 05/20/2020 7:54:56 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: BenLurkin

I’d rather see a monkey smoking a cigarette.


5 posted on 05/20/2020 7:58:13 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: BenLurkin

Democrats are busy trying to adopt the technology to the voting public


6 posted on 05/20/2020 7:58:14 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: BenLurkin

The Secrets of Democrat Voter Fraud


7 posted on 05/20/2020 8:01:06 PM PDT by twister881
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Pretty sure this has already been perfected in humans

Even Art Bell was talking about it before he was silenced


8 posted on 05/20/2020 8:20:01 PM PDT by algore
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To: max americana
how come they didnt think of this in Planet of the Apes?

Maybe they did, but the Democrats were running things ... unintended consequences, you know.
9 posted on 05/20/2020 8:21:31 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like Facebook and democrats....lol


10 posted on 05/20/2020 10:05:46 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: BenLurkin

Let’s try it on liberals!


11 posted on 05/20/2020 10:09:20 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: BenLurkin

My first thoughts were....5G.


12 posted on 05/21/2020 1:19:47 AM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: BenLurkin

So we’ve taught monkeys to stare ahead blankly and ignore external stimuli. Just what we need. Attention deficient monkeys.


13 posted on 05/21/2020 2:45:44 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Researchers Control Monkeys' Decisions With Bursts of Ultrasonic Waves

This research could help Joe Biden.

14 posted on 05/21/2020 2:49:55 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: algore

Ass a kid growing up in the 60’s and 70’s, the rumor was that those emergency alert sirens with the big horns in all the neighborhoods were really sending out ultrasonic brain control waves.

And then as an adult listening to Art Bell .....


15 posted on 05/21/2020 2:51:05 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: 21twelve

As a kid...

Although I was an ass as a kid, so....


16 posted on 05/21/2020 2:51:46 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: BenLurkin

We used to have a homeless guy in Downtown Pittsburgh who walked the streets with a sandwich board that read “Does Secret Radio Control Your Mind?”

I guess now it does.


17 posted on 05/21/2020 3:02:25 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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This must be those dog whistles that the Dems are constantly hearing.


18 posted on 05/21/2020 3:06:36 AM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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