THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING

Surgery pushed memory's buttons by accident

By Ami Albernaz
Globe Correspondent / February 4, 2008

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As surgeons implanted electrodes in his brain, the 50-year-old man was suddenly transported to a moment three decades earlier. He was in a park with friends, and could see the clothes they were wearing and what the weather was like. (Full article: 539 words)

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