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Scientists successfully implanted a neural prosthetic device to recall specific memories.
Using a memory decoding model (MDM), researchers created neural pattern for memories and translated them into stimulation codes.
Assists the hippocampus in helping people remember specific information.
A total of 14 adults with epilepsy undergoing brain mapping received electrical stimulation.
Memory improved in 22% of cases and 40% in participants with memory impairments.
"Our goal is to create an intervention that can restore memory function that's lost because of Alzheimer's, stroke or head injury," - Brent Roeder, study's corresponding author.
"While much more research is needed, MDM-based stimulation has the potential to be used to significantly modify memory," - Roeder.
Study by Wake Forest School of Medicine and USC, published in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience.
