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Sunday, April 05, 2015

Deep Brain Stimulation for Memory

In Technology Review:  Quite a considerable claim.   Now figure out how this can be controlled and measured?  " ... Work Begins on Brain Stimulator to Correct Memory ... Can deep brain stimulation affect how well and what we remember? ..  For some of the approximately 10 million people worldwide with traumatic brain injury (TBI), forming and holding onto new memories can be one of the hardest things they’ll do in a day. Now imagine a device implanted in the brain that can help them encode memories by means of small electric shocks. ... " 

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