Silencing Brain Cells with Yellow and Blue Light
Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted to spec…
Silencing Brain Cells with Yellow and Blue Light
Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted to specific neurons, they could potentially lead to new treatments for abnormal brain activity associated with disorders including chronic pain, epilepsy, brain injury and Parkinson's disease.
https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116178
Mind Control Through Light: The Emerging World of Optogenetics
This new science sounds like something out of science-fiction, but it could be a reality soon.
On the surface, Optogenetics could allow humans to use a remote control to control our brains. How? By using light. Through this "light controller," you could press a button to put yourself to sleep instantly. If you get injured, you could turn off the pain receptors in your brain with the push of another button on the controller. Or use your controller to control the different motor functions of your body.
https://interestingengineering.com/health/mind-control-through-light-the-emerging-world-of-optogenetics
5 Crazy Ways the Colors Red and Blue Control Your Life
magine that somewhere there is a huge button that will activate a doomsday device that will destroy the planet. Picture the button in your mind. What color is it?
Approximately 100 percent of you imagined a red button, for a lot of the same reasons Darth Vader's light saber had to be red. But society isn't color coded this way just for the hell of it. Your brain and body react to two colors -- red and blue -- in distinct and downright weird ways that science doesn't completely understand. In different situations, red or blue can ...
https://www.cracked.com/article_20039_5-crazy-ways-colors-red-blue-control-your-life.html
