There are speculations, certainly. But so far this is one experiment on one epileptic patient with a piece of hippocampus removed in an attempt to control her seizures. This is a long way away from reliably and reversibly switching off consciousness and memory formation on demand.
Is it expected that electrically disabling key parts of the brain will replace anesthetic drugs?
There are speculations, certainly. But so far this is one experiment on one epileptic patient with a piece of hippocampus removed in an attempt to control her seizures. This is a long way away from reliably and reversibly switching off consciousness and memory formation on demand.
That sounds like what I expected. Have any links?