[ExI] Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Anders Sandberg anders at aleph.se
Tue Apr 3 20:39:31 UTC 2012


On 2012-04-03 17:47, Kryonica wrote:
> 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.

The trick is that during those hours you have increased plasticity. So 
learning (or unlearning) something might stick much better later. This 
is likely why Roi Cohen Kadosh's number learning experiment worked even 
after six months.



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Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford University



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