Latest articles by Steve Ramirez

'As if a shudder ran from its brain to its body': The neuroscientists that learned to control memories in rodents
By Steve Ramirez published
In this adapted excerpt from "How to Change a Memory," author and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez recounts the events that led him and his colleagues to discover memories could be artificially controlled in rodents by zapping their brains with lasers.
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