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Subject: Brain Implant Boosts Memory
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pmbguy 16.02.18 - 03:14am
An Incredible New Type of Brain Implant Can Boost Memory by 15

Neural implants that claim to boost memory function aren't new, but a novel approach to the problem has led to a device that listens to the brain before responding. This 'closed loop' method of deep brain stimulation has already shown that it can improve the recall of a list of words in volunteers by 15 percent, a leap that could one day help improve the quality of life for those with degenerative neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

The basic concept itself of boosting memorisation and recall through neural stimulation is old ground. Neuroscientists have gradually progressed from using non-invasive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation techniques to deep brain stimulation in an effort to tickle the right pathways and encourage the brain to store and reconnect with memories.

This new device is based on a closed loop, which varied the electrical stimulation based on feedback decoded from the neural activity in a part of the brain called the lateral temporal cortex. Ideally, the research could be used to help dementia patients by picking up their failing memory as it degenerates. But the idea of decoding neural activity and then responding with stimulation could have applications for many neurological conditions. Getting the probes to sit where they're needed is a delicate operation, meaning it would only be risked in worst-case scenarios where medication or other treatments have failed. * +

pmbguy 16.02.18 - 03:21am
would you get one? * +

mikeymk 16.02.18 - 03:43am
My brain is sacred. Not even i'm allowed to know the depths in there.

Seriously, our brains are more powerful than we know or use. It's the way we use, what we use, that is the problem.

People don't know how to use their memory, that is the problem. You think of something you need from the shop, you go shop, you forget that item. That is nothing to do with brain/memory capacity, and everything to do with technique. You have the ability to memorise the entire supermarket, you just don't know how to. * +

mikeymk 16.02.18 - 03:49am
There are methods, and courses you can go on, and give yourself a very powerful memory. I have done one course, and i'm very good at some things - i never lose my keys, never forget to take something with me, and can remember any phone number.

'Can' being the operative word - it takes a couple of seconds to connect something, to 'store' something in my memory. If i don't bother, it's gone in seconds.

You don't need a foreign object implanted in you. You just need to learn how to do things, and bother to do it. * +

pmbguy 16.02.18 - 07:28am
spoken like a master... gotta learn your skills. * +

ladibud 16.02.18 - 11:09am
no i don't need one * +

bozzalad 16.02.18 - 12:44pm

In the case of alzheimer i would try nigh on anything * +

ogdenz 16.02.18 - 12:52pm
Alzheimer's has been reversed in mice apparently. * +

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