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Great Radiolab podcast about the MIT discovery -- http://www.radiolab.org/story/bringing-gamma-back/



That was a good podcast, but I was frustrated that they hadn't even tried it yet on humans, as it seemed such a simple experiment. They said they will do it next, but I'd have preferred they waited a few months and then reported it (even if it didn't work on humans).


Well, as far as I can tell, the result only demonstrated a reduction of amyloid plaque in the visual cortex, so an experiment on humans wouldn't really work (you have to kill the subjects and inspect their brains for the current experiment).


if you listen to the podcast, you'll realize that you don't need to do that.


I did... how would you measure the effectiveness of the strobe in humans?


Memory tests, just like with the mice?




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