Saturday, August 21, 2010

Behavior Implants


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Behavior implants are the scientific process in which the scientists imbed certain behavior, albeit instinctive, to the brain. Note that behavior is the way that all organisms or living things respond to stimuli in their environment. Stimuli include chemicals, heat, light, touch, and gravity. Behavior can be either instinctive or learned although such distinction is often unclear.

In 1990, a group of scientists began a project” human Genome”, designed to map out all 3 billions based that composed human chromosomes. The project was completed in 2001. This study establishes that human complexity is the product of a relatively small number of genetic changes and that biological complexity evolves more through refinements in gene expression than through increases in gene number. Now, a draft of the human genome exists, it is likely in a short future that we will be able to understand how genes influence human behavior development. As such, we could control the behavior by implantation. For example, it is discovered that aaromatization of testosterone (T) is a necessary appetitive sexual behavior in male Japanese quail. By implanting T in either the POM or the BST, we could activate sexual behavior in castrated male quail.

The attainment in behavior implants can be accomplished in five years as evidenced by the medical development recently.


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