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A Drug That Could Give You Perfect Visual Memory!

Imagine if you could look at something once and remember it forever. You would never have to ask for directions again. Now a group of scientists has isolated a protein that mega-boosts your ability to remember what you see.

A group of Spanish researchers reported today in Science that they may have stumbled upon a substance that could become the ultimate memory-enhancer. The group was studying a poorly-understood region of the visual cortex. They found that if they boosted production of a protein called RGS-14 (pictured) in that area of the visual cortex in mice, it dramatically affected the animals' ability to remember objects they had seen.

Mice with the RGS-14 boost could remember objects they had seen for up to two months. Ordinarily the same mice would only be able to remember these objects for about an hour.

The researchers concluded that this region of the visual cortex, known as layer six of region V2, is responsible for creating visual memories. When the region is removed, mice can no longer remember any object they see.

If this protein boosts visual memory in humans, the implications are staggering. In their paper, the researchers say that it could be used as a memory-enhancer – which seems like an understatement. What's particularly intriguing is the fact that this protein works on visual memory only. So as I mentioned earlier, it would be perfect for mapping. It would also be useful for engineers and architects who need to hold a lot of visual images in their minds at once. And it would also be a great drug for detectives and spies.

Could it also be a way to gain photographic memory? For example, if I look at a page of text will I remember the words perfectly? Or will I simply remember how the page looked?

I can't see much of a downside for this potential drug, unless the act of not forgetting what you see causes problems or trauma.

via Science

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UP!

Beautiful..

a breath of hope calm and happy =)

third...

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Que crees que te indica eso!!

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Second Update!

As she told me about the teas she grew, about her homemade jams and boysenberry wines, about the shiitakes she'd planted on a pile of logs, about the rainwater she harvested, I thought of something from Nietzsche: "How little suffices for happiness!...the least thing precisely, the gentlest thing, the lightest thing, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a wisk, an eye glance -- the least thing makes up the best happiness." All of these tiny things -- a bee, a creek, a tea bush -- were causing me to loosen up, relax, and feel joy rush through me, the asphalt inside me beginning to crack.

It was time for me to go. But I wanted to absorb more. "Where do you grab the dragon's tail?" I asked, feeling the Bolivian rainforest burning, the climate dangerously warming.

She looked at me and said: "I think you should grab it where the suffering grabs you the most."

As I drove away, the sun was setting. I only made it fifty yards before slamming on the brakes. I looked over my shoulder.

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He writes so good! ademas, te lleva a reflexionar no se si de buena manera pero definitivamente reconsideras tus decisiones de mayor trascendencia en tu vida

Hey you're ok!

you'll see, when you're feeling like no one cares or you may just crack! and explode.. dont know what else to do, and pretty much you dont feel like doing anything

for you

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