tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post6032851392653797971..comments2024-03-22T00:30:09.536-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: Remembering Hypothalamic DBSThe Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-31826361666705327082008-02-08T21:09:00.000-08:002008-02-08T21:09:00.000-08:00Uh, did you try clicking on the hyperlink, Penny? ...Uh, did you try clicking on the hyperlink, Penny? The one highlighting Mind Hacks in my previous comment? That takes you right to the article in question.<BR/><BR/>And <B>you</B> were the one who was rude in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Bye.The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-29129928206616583862008-02-08T20:59:00.000-08:002008-02-08T20:59:00.000-08:00Neurocritic replied://However, you might try READi...Neurocritic replied:<BR/><BR/>//However, you might try READing Mind Hack's coverage//<BR/><BR/>Which you didn't give a citation or a link to.<BR/><BR/>You might try thanking your reader for interest instead of a nasty reply.<BR/><BR/>I am gone.<BR/><BR/>PennyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563983459289070045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-15504923690525817472008-02-08T18:37:00.000-08:002008-02-08T18:37:00.000-08:00This post is not primarily about the "memory effec...This post is <B>not</B> primarily about the "memory effect" (it's about DBS for obesity). However, you might try READing <A HREF="http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/02/deep_brain_stimulati.html" REL="nofollow">Mind Hack</A>'s coverage:<BR/><BR/><I>This [the Hamani et al. findings] is a strikingly similar experience to the memories triggered by electrical stimulation of the surface of the temporal lobe reported by legendary Canadian neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield in the 50s and 60s.<BR/><BR/>. . .<BR/><BR/>However, despite testing over 600 patients in this way, less than 8% had the experience of electrically triggered memories, and the effect has not been reliably replicated by modern researchers.</I><BR/><BR/>Or <A HREF="http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2008/01/deep_brain_stimulation.php#comment-734121" REL="nofollow">Neurophilosophy</A>'s comment:<BR/><BR/><I>A small number of Penfield's patients reported that stimulation evoked the recall of long-forgotten memories ; but I'm sure that I read somewhere that the memories turned out to be completely false.</I><BR/><BR/>Does anyone know the reference for that?The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-35838134209478120702008-02-08T11:50:00.000-08:002008-02-08T11:50:00.000-08:00This memory effect was already observed and publis...This memory effect was already observed and published by Wilder Penfield sixty years ago.<BR/> Doesn't anyone READ anymore.<BR/>PennyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563983459289070045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-19315941289834872892008-02-07T20:33:00.000-08:002008-02-07T20:33:00.000-08:00Fantastic post. The fornix, I'll remember that.Fantastic post. The fornix, I'll remember that.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04943949264511919698noreply@blogger.com