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RandoymRandt · 09-06-2008, 09:07 AM

For the Brain, Remembering Is Like Reliving
NYT Science article
By BENEDICT CAREY
Published: September 4, 2008

"Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it.

The recordings, taken from the brains of epilepsy patients being prepared for surgery, demonstrate that these spontaneous memories reside in some of the same neurons that fired most furiously when the recalled event had been experienced.

Researchers had long theorized as much but until now had only indirect evidence..."

Holy shit! I think I heard something exactly like this discussed by a Chiropractor in some "pseudo science movie" everybody is so sure is 100% complete bunk...

"Filter out the bad water, but try to keep the baby"

09-06-2008, 09:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
RandoymRandt African Devil Mantis Down to Earth Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: AU Posts: 3,176 My Mood: SL Join Date: Originally June 5, 2007	For "The Baby Goes Out With The Bathwater" Crowd... For the Brain, Remembering Is Like Reliving NYT Science article By BENEDICT CAREY Published: September 4, 2008 "Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it. The recordings, taken from the brains of epilepsy patients being prepared for surgery, demonstrate that these spontaneous memories reside in some of the same neurons that fired most furiously when the recalled event had been experienced. Researchers had long theorized as much but until now had only indirect evidence..." Holy shit! I think I heard something exactly like this discussed by a Chiropractor in some "pseudo science movie" everybody is so sure is 100% complete bunk... "Filter out the bad water, but try to keep the baby" __________________ ~I believe in love and being released from the tyranny of sim lines.~ http://sl2rllove.blogspot.com/ This blog provides links to numerous resources on how to find online love and make it real life, as well as gives updates on love stories like ours.