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Quotation of the day for March 14, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for March 14, 2010



"We can now digitally turn off regions of the brain. We can alter the information in the brain in a strategically useful way."

- Ed Boyden, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on his technique for shutting down parts of a brain by shining light on them. Quoted by Jonathan Fahey in A Light Switch For The Brain.

[http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/06/brain-neurons-control-technology-breakthroughs-light.html]

Submitted by: Lynn Kisilenko
Jan. 12, 2010

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