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HuntingforHedoniaexploreshowtheburgeoningtechnologyofDeepBrainStimulation(DBS)willimpacthumanidentityandoursenseofself.DBSisarevolutionarytoolinneuroscienceandasatreatmentitiscrossingoverfrommovementcontrolinParkinson'stoalleviatingmentalillness.Trialsareunderwayindepression,OCD,PTSDandeatingdisorders.Inaddition,DBShasafascinatingforgottenhistory.In1950,psychiatristRobertHeathwasthefirsttoimplantelectrodesdeepinthebrainofahumanandintheensuingyearshetreatedmorethan70patientsinhisdeepbrainstimulationprogramatTulaneUniversity.Heathwantedtocureschizophrenia,butexpandedhismethodtobeusedtotreatdepression,chronicpainandevenaggression.Hismethodwastostimulatethebrain'spleasureasheexploredpleasureaspartofthepsychologicalhealingprocess.Buthisfocusonpleasuregothimintroubleanderasedhimfromscientificmemory.HuntingforHedoniacontrastshistory...
