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Work 2.0: Life, Interrupted

Hidden Brain

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Is There a Way to Improve Working Memory?

Millica and her colleagues want to know if there is a way to improve working memory. If you can help people hold more information in their heads, ruptions might not be such a big problem. Scientists have long inserted electrodes into the brain to change the way the brain works. Doing this helps patients with serious disorders like parkinson's disease. I've signed up for a much less invasive procedure, an electrode attached to the side of my head. And now it works.

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