The Science and Snake Oil of Neurostimulation
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What if learning a skill only required donning a cap that used electric currents to tickle your brain in just the right way?This…
What if learning a skill only required donning a cap that used electric currents to tickle your brain in just the right way?This…
Electrically stimulating the brain could make you smarter. Image: Allan…
Do you wish you were smarter? Are you often baffled by puzzles?According to Australian neuroscientists Chi and Snyder, all you…
No. But this is what happens when a flawed scientific experiment is combined with generous helpings of public-relations nonsense.
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Finding those Eureka moments that allow us to solve difficult problems can be an electrifying experience, but rarely like this.