Posted on 09/22/2006 1:00:00 AM PDT by sully777
LONDON (Reuters) - Stimulating a certain area of the brain can produce a creepy feeling that someone is watching you when no one is, scientists said Wednesday. Swiss researchers made the discovery while evaluating a young woman for surgery to treat epilepsy...When they electrically stimulated the left temporoparietal junction in her brain, which is linked to self-other distinction and self-processing, she thought someone was standing behind her. If they repeated the stimulus while she leaned forward and grabbed her knees she had an unpleasant sensation that the shadowy figure was embracing her..."Our findings may be a step toward understanding the mechanisms behind psychiatric manifestations such as paranoia, persecution and alien control," said Olaf Blanke, of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, in the journal Nature...
OUCH!
that hurts the eyes :)
bttt
Can anyone photoshop the Geico caveman as the lone US notetaker when Ahmadinkydowjab was speaking? That's the freaky thing I SAW the other day.
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A Test for Dementia:
It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test. Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's important that we keep mentally alert. The saying; "If you don't use it, you will lose it" also applies to the brain, so... Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence.
Take the below test to determine if you are losing it or are still "with it." The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you have made your answer.
OK, relax, clear your mind and, then begin.
1. What do you put in a toaster?
Answer: "bread." If you said "toast," then give up now and do something else. Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, "bread," go to Question 2.
2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows drink?
Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," please do not attempt the next question. Your brain is obviously over stressed and may even overheat. It may be that you need to content yourself with reading something more appropriate such as Children's World. If you said "water" then proceed to question 3.
3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?
Answer: Greenhouses are made of glass. If you said "green bricks," what the hell are you still doing reading these questions? If you said "glass," then go on to Question 4.
4. It's twenty years ago, and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over Germany. (If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany.) Anyway, during the flight, TWO of the engines fail.The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately, the engine fails before he has time and the plane fatally crashes smack in the middle of the "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you bury the survivors: East Germany, West Germany, or in "no man's land"?
Answer: You don't, of course, bury survivors. If you said anything else you are a real dunce and you must never try to rescue anyone in a plane crash. Your efforts would not be appreciated. If you said, "Don't bury the survivors," then proceed to the next question.
5. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales. In London, 17 people get on the bus. In Reading, six people get off the bus and nine people get on. In Swindon, two people get off and four get on. In Cardiff, 11 people get off and
16 people get in. In Swansea, three people get off and five people get on. In Carmathen, six people get off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven. What is the name of the bus driver?
Answer: Oh, for crying out loud! Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!!
"I have sinned," said Adam originally.
"Have an apple," the serpent said fruitfully.
"Come here, Abel," Cain said brotherly.
"You snails almost didn't make it," Noah said wetly.
"No spika de Inglish," they babbled at Babel confusedly.
"Nonsense, I'll look behind me all I please," replied Lot's wife saltily.
"Who put sand on my dentures?" asked Tom, through gritted teeth.
"Will you marry me, dear," asked Tom engagingly.
"Doc, Doc! I've got no left ventricle!" Tom said half-heartedly.
"I've mixed up my gloves," Tom said intermittently.
"I've set the rear of the attic aflame," Tom fired back loftily.
"Could you tell me where the mens' restroom is?" Tom asked gently.
Ouch! I think the anaesthetic has worn off," said Tom with feeling.
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