[Update 12/17/2012 Another paper discussing the efficacy of using tDCS to enhance working memory. Transcranial direct current stimulation of the prefrontal cortex modulates working memory performance: combined behavioural and electrophysiological… Continue reading
…components of tDCS, however, Brent does not recommend you actually build and use a resistor-based device. Brent mentions that upcoming videos will demonstrate how to build a current-regulated device. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9iId0Aen2g… Continue reading
And the link to the full paper. The Mental Cost of Cognitive Enhancement (HatTip ComradeSergey) Those who had the parietal area involved in numerical cognition stimulated learned the new number… Continue reading
…motor skill compared with sham stimulation… Interactions between transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and pharmacological interventions in the Major Depressive Episode: Findings from a naturalistic study. tDCS over the DLPFC… Continue reading
…that you could do, that in just a few minutes would change the way our best computer works? And this is the thing that I’ve been working on. Doing a… Continue reading
…learning techniques? As the paper quoted below makes so clear, tDCS adds another very complex set of variables to the notion of accelerated learning. While it may be practical for… Continue reading
…then the DIY community would be armed with the necessary knowledge to execute legal, safe, and controlled brain stimulation. This would bypass the necessity of shifting power into the hands… Continue reading
…or in time with a metronome. However, these techniques would normally need to be combined with other methods to help transfer this fluency into everyday speech. We will investigate how… Continue reading
…lower working memory load. In both experiments, before and after stimulation, subjects completed an adjusting Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (A-PASAT). Both the experimenter and subjects were blind to stimulation… Continue reading
…it fascinating to learn new, complex and rare words and spelling them out. I had this almost 6th sense for their structure. This applied to every language that I tried… Continue reading
…New York Neuromodulation conference this January and talk about open-source brain stimulators and the DIY community! WHY: While I currently work in a research lab studying how the brain controls… Continue reading
…interest seems to be combining tDCS with some kind of cognitive training or exercise, based on the hypothesis that tDCS-induced plasticity enhancement will be synergistic with these regiments. via: http://quicktotheratcave.tumblr.com/post/108707511968/a-summary-of-nyc-neuromodulation-2015… Continue reading
…filed in 2013 and granted in December of 2014. Do you see anything novel in this device? Will the trolls now come calling whenever a head-mounted stimulation device gains any… Continue reading
…(left) runs the computer simulations that study how the Intellihat works and how to improve it. A couple of neurology PHDs apply their expertise and a moderate investment to create… Continue reading
…Despite neither the condition nor the treatment matching his own situation, Mr Zobrist decided to try tDCS in combination with a visual training app on his tablet computer. He quickly… Continue reading