The captioned photo is quite clear.
Rewiring the Brain
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
By JEFFREY KLUGER / CLEVELAND CLINIC
Read full article: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...657822,00.html
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PHOTO Caption: "A lateral X-Ray of the head of a 38-year-old man shows two Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) leads with four electrodes attached to each implanted in the subcortical area of the brain called the thalamus. A little bit of current may calm the tremors of Parkinson's disease, ease depression and epilepsy, and awaken those with terrible injuries." Cleveland Clinic
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"It's harder than you think to say hello to your mother--at least in terms of the work your brain has to do. A glimpse of Mom must first register on your occipital lobes as a pattern of light and shadow. From there it is relayed to your memory center, where it is identified by comparison with every other face you've ever seen. You must then summon the speech centers in your frontal lobes, which recruit your breath and muscles and at last allow you to utter the words Hi, Mom."