Sentences with phrase «stimulating specific regions»
Neuroscientist Michael Persinger claimed he had induced religious experiences in subjects by stimulating specific regions of their brains with electromagnetic pulses.
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Electrodes implanted in the brain that electrically stimulate specific regions are now being tested as treatments for depression and other mental illnesses; conceivably this technology also could be used to induce mystical states.
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Recent reports show both memory impairment and enhancement when stimulating specific encoding regions or retrieval networks, demonstrating the difficulty and complexity of enhancing memory with direct brain stimulation.