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You *will* learn [French](http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/16/french-basketball-team-trains-with-robots-learns-how-to-win/) this week, even if you're not aware that it's happening. Neuroscientists at Boston University have discovered that patients can quickly learn new skills while having their brain patterns modified via decoded functional magnetic resonance imaging. The group found that pictures gradually build up inside a person's brain, appearing first as lines, edges, shapes, colors and motion in early visual areas with the brain then filling in greater details as needed to complete the object. From there, a correlation was confirmed between increased visual learning and [fMRI](http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/05/canadian-scientists-scan-your-brain-know-how-you-want-to-hold-y/) neurofeedback, repetitions of the activation pattern leading to long-lasting performance improvement. Interestingly, the approach worked even when test subjects were not aware of what they were learning... which is why that [sweater](http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/25/the-happy-mac-sad-mac-sweater/) you unconsciously knitted last night should fit Johnny Boy like a glove.
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