[ExI] Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Giovanni Santostasi gsantostasi at gmail.com
Tue Apr 3 19:11:07 UTC 2012


No, that is not true either. Some effects can last weeks.
Like improvement in memory.
Giovanni

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Kryonica <kryonica at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 3 Apr 2012, at 16:42, Stefano Vaj wrote:
>
> 2012/4/2 Christian Vanderwall <cvanderwall14 at gmail.com>
>
>> "they hook you up to what's essentially a 9-volt battery and let the
>> current flow through your brain. After a few years of lab testing, they've
>> found that tDCS can more than double the rate at which people learn a wide
>> range of tasks, such as object recognition, math skills, and marksmanship."
>>
>
> The problem seems to be that the effect only lasts about a couple of
> hours.  Which may be a good thing should things go wrong, but I wouldn't
> mind keeping the benefits.
>
>
> "and, if you raise the voltage enough, you will also enjoy the additional
> benefits of old-fashioned electroshock". :-)
>
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