Scientists Use Matrix-Style Learning to ‘Write’ Skills Into Human Brain Noninvasively
20th December 2024
A team of researchers from the University of Rochester, Yale University, and Princeton University has made a big stride in neuroscience.
They have shown a method to induce learning through the direct manipulation of brain activity patterns.
This technique uses real-time brain imaging and neurofeedback. It bypasses learning processes that require effort, study, or practice.
“With our method not only can we nudge complex patterns around in the brain toward known ones, but also—for the first time—write directly a new pattern into the brain and measure what effect that has on a person’s behavior,” said Dr Coraline Iordan, lead author of the study and assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the University of Rochester.