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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I didn't know there were people who did
not know about TMS :-)<br>
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When I first looked at it back in 2006, it looked like it had too
low effect size to be worthwhile. Since then a fair number of
experiments have demonstrated interesting and potentially useful
effects. Also, direct current stimulation (DCS) also seems to
work, as does a bunch of related treatments. I review some of the
methods in:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230564923_Non-pharmacological_cognitive_enhancement">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230564923_Non-pharmacological_cognitive_enhancement</a><br>
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The simplicity has led to a fair number of amateurs experimenting,
causing concerns among the researchers in the field. <br>
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On 2016-07-10 15:45, spike wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hey cool, I just saw something interesting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">NPR has an article about an experimental
treatment for Aspergers called transcranial magnetic
stimulation. I didn’t take interest in this because of
Aspergers (I can relate however… {8^D) but rather this
business of stimulating an area of the brain externally. That
just sounds wicked cool. Skip down to about the middle of the
article where they show the TMS graphic:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/08/484812170/what-an-hour-of-emotion-makes-visible?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160710&utm_campaign=bestofnpr&utm_term=nprnews">http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/08/484812170/what-an-hour-of-emotion-makes-visible?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160710&utm_campaign=bestofnpr&utm_term=nprnews</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is that cool or what?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">OK, there was a discussion a few days ago
on how to measure cognitive enhancement to know if some
medication effective, but there are plenty of us who will not
eat pills, for good reasons: if it does something bad, you
can’t turn it off immediately. But this thing we can.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Idea: iPad app called Chess Free. Its name
suggests the cost. It has a setting where you can play blitz,
which is five minutes for the game with a five second
increment per move, a great way to measure the results of
cranial activity realtime. So if you play chess you can
measure your performance in realtime with that app, then
switch on this device, see if you start to whoop some silicon
ass. Move it around to different parts of the skull, see if
you can come up with some cool ideas over the board. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Of course you know what will happen if it
works: everybody will soon be seen walking around with odd
looking hats with wires and things like the one the mad
scientist used to switch the brains of a chicken with Bugs
Bunny. Then of course some yahoo will put it next to his
other brain. Then if that works, the yahoos will have them in
both places, and then we need a backpack to carry the
batteries and then our fashions will really start to look even
stranger than guys wearing their pants down around their
knees.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Where can we get one of these TMS
machines? I would try it. I don’t want to risk accidentally
curing my mild case of Aspergers however. I like me this
way. If that went away it risks my hard-earned geek
credentials. If it works, I might even try putting a second
one up against my head and playing chess. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">spike<o:p></o:p></p>
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