Have you see the movie Lucy Ann? Your article reminds me of this movie about the human brain.

It's a sci-fi exploration of a college student Scarlett Johannson who gains god-like powers from a drug overdose. With Morgan Freeman as her guide, she races against time to understand her evolving abilities and the nature of reality itself.

I like to think we already have these abilities but need to learn how to access them. There's so much about the human brain we still do not understand.