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Researchers Create Short-term Memories In Rat Brains

Posted by Unknown on from the I-guess-I-really-am-a-terrorist dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers say they've found a way to store artificial short-term memories in isolated brain tissue. 'This is the first time anyone has found a way to store information over seconds about both temporal sequences and stimulus patterns directly in brain tissue,' says the study's lead. 'This paves the way for future research to identify the specific brain circuits that allow us to form short-term memories.' The peer-reviewed study can be found here (paywalled)."

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  1. This reminds me of a movie... by Ruvim · · Score: 5, Funny

    Total Ratcall was it?

    1. Re:This reminds me of a movie... by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny

      Unfortunately the artificial, implanted memories are all of cheese...

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  2. They managed to make by Compaqt · · Score: 3, Funny

    lawyers remember ethics for a few seconds?

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    1. Re:They managed to make by AshtangiMan · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wow. What happened to make you despise the rats so much?

  3. Jesus Pill by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mass visions of Jesus to follow.

  4. Re:David Brin to the white courtesy telephone by hyades1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Right after we do conservatives. Start with the hard job, move to the easier ones. ;-)

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  5. We can remember wholesale cheese for you? by billstewart · · Score: 3, Funny

    You are in a maze of cheesy little movies, all alike?

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