PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH?

 

PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH?

We old timers 

all live in increasing dread

of getting Alzheimer's

in a non-functioning head,

and then becoming pitiful,

So, let's all  go digital

instead,

and replace or supplement  our failing analog 

memory by one chosen  from a  catalog

of the latest scientific advancements

to produce   necessary enhancements---

even  though, our ideational flow,

every few minutes or so,

 may then perhaps  suffer extra excitement

produced by a sponsor's advertisemenT?

HZL

5/18/15

n electronic memory cell has been created that mimics the ...

www.sciencealert.com/an-electronic-memory-cell-has-been-created-that-...

4 hours ago - "The human brain is an extremely complex analog computer ... its ... addanother dimension beyond the on/off memory cells we currently use to  ...

Scientists Create First Memory Expansion for Brain - Gizmodo

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Gizmodo

Jun 20, 2011 - Imagine you can insert a memory card in your brain and go all ...basically functioning as an electronic memory, allowing rats to learn .... not necessarrily. if you use a brain implant for a long time as a live person, won't your  ...

Brain implants: Restoring memory with a microchip - CNN.com

www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/tech/brain-memory-implants-humans/

CNN

May 8, 2013 - Brain implants: Restoring memory with a microchip ... U.S. researchers are hopeful that human trials on a revolutionary memory implant .... his expertise in mathematical modeling to mimic these movements using electronics. ... However, headded that it was more likely to be successful in helping victims of  ...

Mind uploading - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading

Wikipedia

The human brain contains about 86 billion nerve cells called neurons, each individually... this means that a massively parallel electronic counterpart of a human biological brain in .... Since learning and long-term memory are believed to result from .... Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.

Memory Implants - MIT Technology Review

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MIT Technology Review

Apr 23, 2013 - Brain damage can cause people to lose the ability to form long-term memories. ... a patient with severe memory loss can get help from an electronicimplant. ... Berger and his research partners have yet to conduct human tests of their..... therapy research vein that relies on sensing in addition to stimulus.