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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-elderly-people-episodic-memory-neurostimulation.html
Elderly people can improve episodic memory via neurostimulation
of the cerebellum, shows study
. . .
No ... not THAT "other brain" :-)
The cerebellum was long thought to be dedicated
to smoothing-out motor activities ... for
example, if you practice a sport it detects and
burns-in the most effective movements associated
and the cortex does not have to do ALL the work
anymore.
However in recent years this "barely attached" chunk
of brain tissue (with a quite different organization
from the rest) was found to also be heavily involved in
a number of other vital functions, including memory.
The article does not elaborate on how "non-invasive
neurostimulation" was actually done, possibly TMS.
The notably different organization of the cerebellum
is interesting in and of itself - same as the DNA
of mitochondria. Was it something accidentally
"bred in" long long back - a contribution from some
long-lost species - or was it the "original brain"
and the cortex built upon it later ???
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