{"id":33636,"date":"2017-01-19T23:44:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T07:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/brain-stimulation-used-like-a-scalpel-to-improve-memory"},"modified":"2017-04-24T18:58:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T01:58:42","slug":"brain-stimulation-used-like-a-scalpel-to-improve-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/brain-stimulation-used-like-a-scalpel-to-improve-memory","title":{"rendered":"Brain stimulation used like a scalpel to improve memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/brain-stimulation-used-like-a-scalpel-to-improve-memory.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Precise memory, rather than general memory, is critical for knowing details such as the specific color, shape and location of a building you are looking for, rather than simply knowing the part of town it\u2019s in. This type of memory is crucial for normal functioning, and it is often lost in people with serious memory disorders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe show that it is possible to target the portion of the brain responsible for this type of memory and to improve it,\u201d said lead author Joel Voss, assistant professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. \u201cPeople with brain injuries have problems with precise memory as do individuals with dementia, and so our findings could be useful in developing new treatments for these conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By stimulating the brain network responsible for spatial memory with powerful electromagnets, scientists improved the precision of people\u2019s memory for identifying locations. This benefit lasted a full 24 hours after receiving stimulation and corresponded to changes in brain activity.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/01\/170119134537.htm\">https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/01\/170119134537.htm<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Precise memory, rather than general memory, is critical for knowing details such as the specific color, shape and location of a building you are looking for, rather than simply knowing the part of town it\u2019s in. This type of memory is crucial for normal functioning, and it is often lost in people with serious memory [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33636"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49287,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33636\/revisions\/49287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}