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Voices in my head: The Body has a mind of its own

Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:19 PM by Will Femia
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When this book was first pitched to me I thought it was going to be about biofeedback - which is it, a little - but really it's about how the brain literally maps the body as well as its surroundings. Literally, physically, stick-an-electrode-in-your-brain-and-feel-a-poke-in-your-elbow kind of map. It's fascinating and the possibilities of what technology can do once we learn to read and utilize these maps is really exciting.

The mp3 of my interview with the authors is here or else the bottom of this page has the audio set in the video player for faster loading.

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Will,
I'm about as excited as a geek can get listening to this interview. I can't wait to read the book. I have had a big interest in neurology since attending Wilder Penfield Elementary School in Montreal as a kid and actually meeing the man. (He kind of reminded me of my grandfather)
There are so many positive medical applications for this  knowledge. As a person with MS, I am most excited about what this can do for folks who have lost physical feeling and for folks with spinal injuries.

Shauna MacKinnon (Sent Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:13 PM)



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