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Brain Cells Observed Summoning a Memory

Anti-Globalism writes "Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it."

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  1. Re:This is your Brain (Cell) on Drugs Ads? by ArsonSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm hoping this six pack will wipe out 3rd grade. Man I hated that Tommy Butler douche bag.

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  2. Re:I just summoned some 'memories' by AnotherUsername · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just want to know when I will be able to download into my mind knowledge. I'll take an order of all the languages in the world, with a side of advanced mathematics and physics, and maybe some animal science for dessert.

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  3. Awesome innovation! ; by assemblerex · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're one step closer to a "Forget your first sexual encounter" pill.

    1. Re:Awesome innovation! ; by jonaskoelker · · Score: 5, Funny

      We're one step closer to a "Forget your first sexual encounter" pill.

      Here on slashdot, we call that "placebo".

  4. Re:I just summoned some 'memories' by nilbog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't forget Jujitsu and a crash course in helicopter piloting.

    Anyone? Anyone?

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  5. Re:Self portriat by uhlume · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...according to trusty old Wikipedia there's no way to distinguish between a false memory and a true one.

    Sure there is, just check the revision history and talk pages.

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  6. Neo: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Neo: I know Kung-Fu.
    Morpheus: Show me.
    Neo: It starts at 0x21b3a5da.

  7. Re:I just summoned some 'memories' by wilkinc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe he meant 'Bestiality'?

  8. Re:I just summoned some 'memories' by jacquesm · · Score: 5, Funny

    and several other Asian terms.

  9. Give me a practical use... by clickety6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..like a device that can stimulate the area of the brain that is supposed to remember where I left my ^%&$-ing car keys!!

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  10. Re:One step closer to to the upload ! by meringuoid · · Score: 4, Funny
    Where is my mind now ?

    Way out in the water. See it swimming?

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  11. Re:I just summoned some 'memories' by mcvos · · Score: 4, Funny

    As far I know, not only religious people use the term "soul". Psychologists use it too,

    Not to mention musicians.

  12. Re:I just summoned some 'memories' by alexj33 · · Score: 5, Funny

    South Korea's also got Seoul.