Thanks, Stephen, for the reference. And for the record re: Penfield himself.
When he stimulated the temporal lobe of SOME patients (actually a fairly small number), he elicited what the patient reported as vivid memories (and also some perceptual distortions). Some of the memories were indeed auditory but some were also visual. Penfield, W. (1959). The interpretive cortex. Science, 129, 1719-1725. Sincerely, Stuart ___________________________________________________________________ Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: (819)822-9600, Extension 2402 Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661 Bishop's University, 2600 College Street, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7, Canada. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy ___________________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: February 14, 2008 11:10 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Serendipity/ Modern day Penfields The irrepressible Michael S., back from anabiosis, said: > It has been reported that a patient undergoing brain surgery > to relieve his Parkinson's symptoms began recalling events > long thought to be forgotten.It is implied that the future of Alzeimers > research may involve some form of brain surgery. to which Stuart McKelvie asked the usual: > Michael: > > Where? > > Reference, please. For the case Michael is likely referring to, the surgery was for obesity, not Parkinson's. It consisted of placement of stimulation electrodes in the hypothalamus (an unjustified, dangerous, and irresponsible procedure, in my opinion). But the authors did elicit some unverified apparent memories of 30 years earlier, said to be vivid and detailed. And they did make, again in my opinion, an unwarranted claim that this "finding" could be used to treat Alzheimer's. It was published in the Annals of Neurology: Memory enhancement induced by hypothalamic/fornix deep brain stimulation Clement Hamani, Mary Pat McAndrews, Melanie Cohn, Michael Oh, Dominik Zumsteg, Colin M. Shapiro, Richard A. Wennberg, Andres M. Lozano Published Online: Jan 29 2008, (p 119-123) I posted about it on Jan 31 with the heading "Alzheimer's breakthrough? [I thought not] and with this link to a news item on it: http://tinyurl.com/34tevq Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
