Dong Song is a research associate professor of biomedical engineering at USC, and he recently presented his findings on a "memory prosthesis" during a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington D.C. According to a New Scientist report, the device is the first to effectively improve the human memory.
Once implanted in the volunteers, Song's device could collect data on their brain activity during tests designed to stimulate either short-term memory or working memory. The researchers then determined the pattern associated with optimal memory performance and used the device's electrodes to stimulate the brain following that pattern during later tests.
Based on their research, such stimulation improved short-term memory by roughly 15 percent and working memory by about 25 percent. When the researchers stimulated the brain randomly, performance worsened.
As Song told New Scientist, "We are writing the neural code to enhance memory function. This has never been done before."
More at: https://futurism.com/first-time-scientists-boosted-human-memory-brain-implant/
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