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cbayer

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4. It's more about localizing a small area responsible for a very specific, and

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 12:19 PM

Jun 2014

relatively abstract, function.

That's an ongoing process in the field and leading to some really interesting brain mapping.

The study you cite found a completely different area doing a completely different thing.

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Brain Stimulation Results in Altering Macaques �Free choice� [View all] rug Jun 2014 OP

Already proven with magnetic fields. AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #1

Different experiment. rug Jun 2014 #2

True, but since the materials are the same, I think it's a reasonable prediction that AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #3

It's more about localizing a small area responsible for a very specific, and cbayer Jun 2014 #4

I was responding to this bit. AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #5

Okay. I sounded like you were dismissing these findings, which I think cbayer Jun 2014 #6

No, all good. AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #7

It does show how easily choices can be altered through simple brain manipulation. Jim__ Jun 2014 #8

Not yet. Maybe never. rug Jun 2014 #10

They're stimulating a part of the brain related to "reinforcement and motivated learning" struggle4progress Jun 2014 #9

We think, do, and learn through punishment and reward cpwm17 Jun 2014 #11