DIY tDCS

Keeping Tabs On Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Transcranial stimulation of the developing brain: a plea for extreme caution | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Posted on November 20, 2014 by John

I will focus on the key unknowns in brain stimulation research:
1. The unknown effects of stimulation;
2. The unknown side-effects of stimulation;
3. The lack of clear dosing guidelines;
4. The lack of translational studies from adults to children.
I will set out these “known unknowns” in translating our knowledge about TMS and tDCS effects to clinical pediatric applications, and touch on the practical and ethical barriers to their widespread usage.

via Frontiers | Transcranial stimulation of the developing brain: a plea for extreme caution | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

Concerns and Considerations From The Neuroscience Perspective

Posted on September 18, 2013 by John

Probably you’ll want to skip to around 8:30 where Dr. Davis begins to discuss the use of tDCS in healthy people for the purpose of enhancing cognition and motor skills. He and Dr. Pascual-Leone go on to discuss their concerns around DIY tDCS, especially the possibility that, for instance, while one aspect of cognition may be enhanced, another may be depressed.