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A Parasite, Leopards, and a Primate’s Fear and Survival
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii may affect the behavior of chimpanzees — and possibly other primates — toward a natural predator, a study finds. By Carl Zimmer. (Feb. 16)
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Magnetic mind control works in live animals, makes mice happy
Using a magnet, researchers remotely control brain circuitry, alter behavior. By Beth Mole.
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Genetically engineered ‘Magneto’ protein remotely controls brain and behaviour
“Badass” new method uses a magnetised protein to activate brain cells rapidly, reversibly, and non-invasively. By Mo Costandi. (Mar. 24)
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Giant remote-controlled cyborg beetles could replace drones
For the first time scientists have shown it is possible to control insects, making them walk and even fly on demand. By Sarah Knapton.
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When the CIA ran a LSD sex-house in San Francisco
Yet from 1955 to 1965, this building was the site of “Operation Midnight Climax” — a top-secret mind-control program in which CIA agents used hookers to lure unsuspecting johns from North Beach bars to what they called “the pad,” then dosed the men with LSD and observed the X-rated goings-on through a two-way mirror while sitting on a portable toilet swilling martinis... By Gary Kamiya.
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The Memory Illusion
If you think all of your memories are real and accurate, think again. By Julia Shaw. (June 13, 2016)
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Remote control of the brain is coming: how will we use it?
Controlling the minds of others from a distance has long been a favourite science fiction theme – but recent advances in genetics and neuroscience suggest that we might soon have that power for real... By Catriona Houston.
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Watch a Wasp Take Control of a Cockroach’s Brain
A video captures the dark side of insect mind control. By Katherine Harmon Courage.
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Scientists “Switch Off” Self-Control Using Brain Stimulation
A clever experiment pinpoints the brain region involved in taking the perspective of our future selves or that of others. By Catherine Caruso.
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Neuroscientists see a new way to manipulate minds
It might come down to the same network theory that rules computer science and economics. (Oct. 19, 2016)
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Neuroscientists Wirelessly Control the Brain of a Scampering Lab Mouse
Scientists typically control the behavior of a lab mouse by enticing it with food or repelling it with puffs of air. When I gathered with my colleagues in a Stanford University lab, however, we had a more direct way: We took command of its brain with a shining light. Implanted in that mouse’s brain was a device about the size of a peppercorn. When we used our wireless power system to switch it on, the device glowed with a blue light that activated genetically engineered brain cells in the premotor cortex...
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Brain cell transplant helps fearful mice overcome anxiety
Post-traumatic stress disorder and related disorders are difficult to beat, because our fears can resurface. Could a transplant of young brain cells help? By Alice Klein. [Warning: Animal cruelty]
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Parasite turns wasp into zombie then drills through its head
It’s Russian dolls of nature’s manipulators: a wasp that fools oak trees to make it a crypt to live in is in turn made to drill a route out of the crypt by another wasp.
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How To Condition Your Mind
If I asked how you train your mind, what would you say? “I read a lot.” “I meditate for an hour every day.” “I journal every night.” If any of those things are true, then you’re doing a great job of feeding your mind. But what happens when you feed yourself and don’t workout? You get flabby. People who hit the gym regularly have bodies that show it. The same is true for people who condition their minds. Conditioning isn’t about feeding your brain new information or finding productivity “hacks,” it’s about creating a training routine for your mind.
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‘The Road to Jonestown,’ by Jeff Guinn
In 1976, the Peoples Temple founder was courted by Bay Area politicos, praised by a famed newsman and invited to meet with Washington luminaries. Five others — a Bay Area congressman, three American journalists and one of Jones’ ex-disciples — had been shot and killed at a nearby airstrip… By Kevin Canfield.
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Soviet Pseudoscience: The History of Mind Control
The long, strange history of Soviet mind control experiments. By Giovanni Vimercati.
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‘Zombie ant’ brains left intact by fungal parasite
A fungal parasite that infects ants and manipulates their behavior to benefit the fungus’ reproduction accomplishes this feat without infecting the ants’ brains, according to a study led by Penn State researchers. By Chuck Gill.
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Ideology Is the Original Augmented Reality
How we fill gaps in our everyday experiences. By Slavoj ŽIžek.
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Trudeau government gag order in CIA brainwashing case silences victims, lawyer says
Forty years after revelations that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency funded brainwashing experiments on unsuspecting Canadians, the Trudeau government is continuing a pattern of silencing the victims, a lawyer for one of the families says. By Harvey Cashore, Lisa Ellenwood, Bob McKeown.
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Parasites Can Mind-Control Animals Without Infecting Them
In 2018, everything is a metaphor. By Ed Yong.
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