“One challenge with stimulating areas of the brain associated with mood, he says, is the possibility of overcorrecting emotions to create extreme happiness that overwhelms all other feelings. Other ethical considerations arise from the fact that the algorithms used in closed-loop stimulation can tell the researchers about the person’s mood, beyond what may be visible from behaviour or facial expressions. While researchers won’t be able to read people’s minds, “we will have access to activity that encodes their feelings,” says Alik Widge, a neuroengineer and psychiatrist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and engineering director of the MGH team. “
Last night I saw The Wizard of Oz from a new perspective and related HARD to Dorothy and her perfect little dog that nobody sticks up for! If you’re in Austin this summer go watch Boo Bear steal the show at Zilker! (at Zilker Hillside Theater)
Found this heart-shaped rock for ya today @bobcacc! Happy Father’s day! You’re really really the best dad and a great human being in general many times - I love you so much!!!! 💙💚💙💚💙
This is as close as you could get to a video of our first kiss 3 years ago. Always feels just like this 😙 Happy anniversary @deputymasters can’t wait to marry you in 2 months 💛💕💙 (at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival)