This is yet another case of reporters grossly exaggerating a discovery. It was discussed 10 months ago on Less Wrong: http://lesswrong.com/lw/8th/link_matrixsty

This is yet another case of reporters grossly exaggerating a discovery. It was discussed 10 months ago on Less Wrong: http://lesswrong.com/lw/8th/link_matrixstyle_learning/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/8th/link_matrixstyle_learning/. Here's the actual paper: http://commonsenseatheism.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Shibata-et-al-Perceptual-Learning-Incepted-by-Decoded-fMRI-Neurofeedback-Without-Stimulus-Presentation.pdf http://commonsenseatheism.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Shi... Also, it was already known that parts of the brain can be programmed by visual stimuli. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCollough_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCollough_effect and http://www.cheswick.com/ches/projects/me/index.html http://www.cheswick.com/ches/projects/me/index.html.