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Improve Your Math Skills w/ An Electric Jolt To Your Brain* - nest0r - 2010-11-04
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-11/electric-brain-stimulation-improves-patients-math-skills
"With just 15 minutes of a barely perceptible electric current passed through the brain, scientists at the University of Oxford have succeeded in improving a person’s math abilities with an effect lasting as long as six months. Using a non-invasive method known as transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS), the scientists passed a mild electric current through the skull into the brain’s parietal lobe, where numbers are processed.
* Do not zap your brain with electricity except under professional supervision."
"TDCS should be able to improve other types of learning, such as language, as long as they are near the surface of the brain." -
http://news.discovery.com/human/brain-electricity-math.html
Improve Your Math Skills w/ An Electric Jolt To Your Brain* - kazelee - 2010-11-04
I just got back from the hospital. leprechaun should have a disclaimer against shocking yourself or something.
Oh wait...
Improve Your Math Skills w/ An Electric Jolt To Your Brain* - Surreal - 2010-11-06
I'm wondering if there's any way to know if the improvement is also accompanied by decreased performance in another field that's not being tested...?