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Scientists Zap Birds' Brains With Light to Implant False Memories

Scientists Made Mice Hallucinate by Shining Light Into Their Brains

Scientists Kept Rats Sober by Deleting Memories of Cocaine

A New Implant Uses Light to Improve Bladder Control

Stimulating Muscles With Light Could Soon Treat Paralysis

Researchers Just Got Funding to Grow a Neural Network in a Petri Dish

Mind-Controlled Mice Navigate Mazes, No Longer Crave Food

Scientists Can Now Turn off Feelings of Thirst in Mice

Researchers Have Devised a Method to Erase Memories Associated With Fear

Activity in Part of the Brain Could Determine Whether You are a “Winner”

New Evidence Suggests Alzheimer's Doesn’t Destroy Memories, it Only Blocks Them

MIT's Super-Thin Wires Are Leading to a New Age in Brain Implants