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Scientists Boost Human Memory With a Brain Implant

14-Nov-2017

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Memory prosthesis implanted in 20 volunteers with epilepsy.

Device collected data on their brain to determin the pattern associated with optimal memory performance.

Device’s electrodes then stimulated the brain using that pattern during later tests.

Short-term memory by roughly 15 percent and working memory by about 25 percent.

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Dong Song

Research Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California.

University of Southern California (USC)

Private multidisciplinary research university

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Brain Interface