By the activation of certain neurological patterns in the brain, scientists succeeded in the unconscious things to learn. In the future, the technique could be used to improving learning processes.
Researchers from Boston University used the scanning technique fmri in the brain to see how brain regions were activated during learning. It was found that there are certain patterns to be created in the visual area of the brain, which are representative of what is to be learned. By artificially re-induce these patterns appeared to subjects to be better able to the presented task to learn. Through neurofeedback could test subjects to see how their brain activity matched the pattern that was expected for the learning process.
With the method people can more easily learn where visual input is needed, claim the scientists. The artificial creation of visual patterns in the brain can even make sure that the task that has to be learned does not need to be present. Also were subjects not aware of the fact that they had learned after artificial stimulation, while the scientists with the tests could show.
Hope In the future the scientists the technique to use to give people certain things to learn that visual input desire. They also want to see if it is possible to also non-visual features to learn by means of artificial activation. Also certain hersenziektes could can be treated.
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