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Can Brain-Machine Interfaces Turn the Tide on Addiction?

Deep brain-machine interfaces and brain implants in the cerebral cortex will be used to cure addictions in the near future, researchers say.

Recent technological advances have raised hopes addiction could one day be treatable using sophisticated mechanical devices.

Dubbed “deep brain-machine interfaces,” the devices are implanted inside the brain, capable of decoding mental activity—and more surprisingly, altering it.

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