Skull electrodes give memory a boost

NewScientist ^ | 8/13/10 | Sujata Gupta

[phelix]

Don’t try this at home kids...

[markomalley]

"You will remember..."

[nuconvert]

Can it help you remember where you put your wallet or keys?

[DaxtonBrown]

Count me in! I’ve got an extra car battery just a waitin for a use!

[djf]

I think I’ll pass.

Some things I’d rather forget!

[Paleo Conservative]

[nmh]

Is this the same as shock treatments they did away with?

I’m not sure this is a good idea ... in the privacy of your home ... .

[calex59]

I wonder if this could be used, somehow, to help Alzheimer’s patients?

[TChad]

The "plastic educator" from the film Forbidden Planet.

[LibWhacker]

A classic!

[RebelTex]

From movie ‘Total Recall’:

“Consider us divorced.”

Don’t mess around with the Terminator’s memory circuits, LOL.

[martin_fierro]

The method can temporarily increase or decrease activity in a specific brain region and has already been shown to boost verbal and motor skills in volunteers.

I find that to be ... to be ... what's the word?

(ok, give me a charge)

[TChad]

A classic!

So you took the brain boost, huh?

>>You oughta see my new mind. Up there in lights. Bigger than his now.

Easy, Doc.

>>Morbius was too close to the problem. The Krell had completed their project.

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/f/forbidden-planet-script-transcript-leslie.html

I love the Internet.

[LibWhacker]

I’ve got a 9-volt battery hooked up to my head right now. Doesn’t seem to be working, but my hair is standing on end.

[TChad]

And, of course,

"The Teacher" from the Star Trek episode "Spock's Brain."

[LibWhacker]

That was a good one!

[Vaduz]

Don’t let them see the movie Strange Brew.

[Vaduz]

Some times I like my hereafters (what am I in here after)it’s like a game.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks LibWhacker. Brain in a jar ping. My secret is out!!! Aiieeee!