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I've seen brain surgery in movies, surgeon pokes into some part of brain causing reaction. If the above is true, I believe this technology would be totally do-
by tuananh 13y ago
I've seen brain surgery in movies, surgeon pokes into some part of brain causing reaction.
If the above is true, I believe this technology would be totally do-able. I even hope we can use it to boost our brain, that would be totally awesome.
If this day ever come true, brain security researcher would totally become the hottest job ever :D
- tlarkworthy 13y agoactually they do this regularly in brain surgery. For treatment of parkinsons they place a device that stimulates the damaged part. The device can be turned on and off and the amplitude and frequency of the stimulation can be altered. A misplacement device or wrong frequency means loss of high level cognitive function (e.g. the patient can't talk, or move part of their body). Hence this type of operation is done with the patient awake, so the surgeon can fiddle with placement and frequency knobs and ask the patient questions in real time. I have seen videos of a person losing the ability to talk, then the surgeon changing something and they can speak again. The surgeon dialled down the device and the patient started shaking from parkinsons, then turn it up and fix the shaking.