Technology Review: Want to Enhance Your Brain Power?
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Brain Hacking
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Web sites and articles related to how the brain works, and things that can be done to alter the way it works.
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Learning
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I created this group to encourage anyone who is interested in exploring the secret of learning and human intelligence.
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A little brain boost is something we could all use now and
then. A new option may be on the horizon. Researchers at the National Institute
for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, in Bethesda,
MD, are studying how applying
gentle electrical current to the scalp can improve learning.
Highlighted by isaacmao
A little brain boost is something we could all use now and
then. A new option may be on the horizon. Researchers at the National Institute
for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, in Bethesda,
MD, are studying how applying
gentle electrical current to the scalp can improve learning.
Highlighted by jrstoltz
a stream of
current can improve motor function, verbal fluency, and even language learning.
Highlighted by jrstoltz
The device is simple: a nine-volt battery that's been approved
by the Food and Drug Administration for delivering drugs across the skin is connected
to large flat sponges that are moistened and then applied to the head. It delivers
a gentle 2 to 2.5 milliamps of current spread over a 20 to 50 square millimeter
area of the scalp for up to 15 minutes. Little of that current actually reaches
the brain--about half is shunted away from the target area, and the other half
quickly dissipates as it gets farther from the scalp.
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researchers found that direct current stimulation could improve memory in
participants asked to learn and then recall a list of 12 words.
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the learning curve for those working without the
device quickly caught up to the zapped learners.
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