MRI scanner sees emotions flickering across an idle mind

A Duke team has mapped the distinct patterns of brain activity that correspond to seven different emotional states. The team says they can see various emotional states flickering across the human brain.

Manipulation of specific neurons helps to erase bad memories, enhance good ones

A step has been taken toward the possibility of tuning the strength of memory by manipulating one of the brain's signaling memory mechanisms, a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine.