# Magnetogenetics: Is This World-First Technology Really “Mind Control”?

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/magnetogenetics-is-this-world-first-technology-really-mind-control/
- Published: 2024-07-28T08:45:24-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Magnetogenetics allows scientists to activate genetically targeted cells with magnets. To understand how the brain works scientists have been using two broad categories of experiments: ones that record and ones that manipulate brain activity. Early neuroscience studies used electricity to change the activity of neurons. Then, just two decades […] Click here to view original web page at www.iflscience.com Curated by John Wysocki See Full Bio