Post by healthy11 on Aug 15, 2014 14:04:40 GMT -5
finance.yahoo.com/news/brain-hacking-having-incredible-effects-131836274.html
The article says, "Treatments like transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) now show promise as a means of treating depression, epilepsy, and other drug-resistant brain disorders, according to Michael Weisend, a neuroscientist at Wright State Research Institution....And promise for improving memory, pattern recognition, and vigilance — the ability to pay attention — according to Weisend. His team has tested or demonstrated TDCS on more than 500 people, including Radiolab's Jad Abumrad, and among other things, they've shown that people learning a new skill can learn twice as much as people who receive the same training but no stimulation."
The article says, "Treatments like transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) now show promise as a means of treating depression, epilepsy, and other drug-resistant brain disorders, according to Michael Weisend, a neuroscientist at Wright State Research Institution....And promise for improving memory, pattern recognition, and vigilance — the ability to pay attention — according to Weisend. His team has tested or demonstrated TDCS on more than 500 people, including Radiolab's Jad Abumrad, and among other things, they've shown that people learning a new skill can learn twice as much as people who receive the same training but no stimulation."