kmguru
Staff member
People already worry about genetics. They should worry about brain science too
IN AN attempt to treat depression, neuroscientists once carried out a simple experiment. Using electrodes, they stimulated the brains of women in ways that caused pleasurable feelings. The subjects came to no harm—indeed their symptoms appeared to evaporate, at least temporarily—but they quickly fell in love with their experimenters.
more... http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?Story_ID=1143583


IN AN attempt to treat depression, neuroscientists once carried out a simple experiment. Using electrodes, they stimulated the brains of women in ways that caused pleasurable feelings. The subjects came to no harm—indeed their symptoms appeared to evaporate, at least temporarily—but they quickly fell in love with their experimenters.
more... http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?Story_ID=1143583
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