Controlling Monkey Brains and Behavior With Light 77
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers reporting online on July 26 in Current Biology have for the first time shown that they can control the behavior of monkeys by using pulses of blue light to very specifically activate particular brain cells (abstract). The findings represent a key advance for optogenetics, a state-of-the-art method for making causal connections between brain activity and behavior. Based on the discovery, the researchers say that similar light-based mind control could likely also be made to work in humans for therapeutic ends."
Typical Slashdot sociopaths... (Score:2, Interesting)
Loads of stupid, moronic posts about this, as if it's all a 'bit of a laugh', right?
Do you know what the word 'pain' means? Have you ever experienced it?
Couldn't your sociopathic minds even begin to wonder what those monkeys went through? Why no video footage of this pointless 'research'? Wouldn't that be hugely beneficial for other scientists? Oh wait - we can't have the public seeing what these nutcases do to animals, can we.
God help your children (if any of you wankers manage to ever have any) - imagine having a father who can't feel your emotions, and can only pretend to be 'normal' and empathic.