Hallucinate colors at will?

The subjects in this experiment were asked to look at a series of  patterns and to see colour in them. They all were tested under hypnosis, even without hypnosis they reported that they were able to see colours at will. 

Scientist Giuliana Mazzoni, lead researcher says”These are very talented people. They can change their perception and experience of the world in ways that the rest of us cannot.”

I thought that this subject was intresting becuase the ability to control your brain like that and change your experiances. You can block out pain and hallucinate at will which can be helpful at times.  Using this idea they could possibly make it so that people with illnesses that cause pain or are about to die can use this to block out all of their pain.

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Memories and Brain strength.

Science News Current Event

Title: How the brain makes memories Rhythmically
Date: 10/11/2011
Summary (8-10 sentences) The brains learning capability increases based on the strength of its synapses. In this study they have found out that you can change the rhythm of your brain like a car radio. There is an optimal frequency for every stage of learning. So having your brain on the highest frequency doesn’t work. Bad memory is caused by the synapses of the brain not being on the right frequency. Mehta the lead scientist said, “Spike frequency refers to how fast the spikes come. Ten spikes could be delivered at a frequency of 100 spikes a second or at a frequency of one spike per second.” The change between the strengths of synapses is called a spike train. Spike trains are “Series of Neural signals that occur with varying frequency and timing.

What you found most interesting about the article and why (4-6 sentences)
That scientists are discovering interesting information about the brain still. That you can change how your brain works like you do a car radio. There are a lot of things within the brain that I don’t know about yet. Little things like how many brain synapses you have or how close your “frequency” is can change your life dramatically.

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