Do it Yourself Trascranial Electrical Stimulation

Kid Eager · 23rd April 2012, 02:31 PM

An interesting article here from new Scientist on inducing brain states similar to those found in experts "in the zone" having the result of improving performance:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...us.html?page=1

Thought this was pretty cool... and then I saw the little callout box on the last page where people were attempting to replicate this as a do-it-yourself" initiative at home. This will surely end well....

As an aside, I'm left wondering whether the artificially induced state makes it easier in the future to return to said state without external stimulation?

edd · 23rd April 2012, 02:46 PM

I wrote a whole post here and then scrapped it on realising this is direct electrical stimulation, not magnetic (TMS). Not heard of this before. Fascinating, thanks.

Bodhi Dharma Zen · 23rd April 2012, 06:25 PM

I also thought it was tMS.

quarky · 25th April 2012, 08:26 AM

I've been expecting this sort of thing to become the new drug of choice. Maybe if it was illegal and really expensive?

23rd April 2012, 02:31 PM	#1
Kid Eager Illuminator Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 3,506	Do it Yourself Trascranial Electrical Stimulation An interesting article here from new Scientist on inducing brain states similar to those found in experts "in the zone" having the result of improving performance: http://www.newscientist.com/article/...us.html?page=1 Thought this was pretty cool... and then I saw the little callout box on the last page where people were attempting to replicate this as a do-it-yourself" initiative at home. This will surely end well.... As an aside, I'm left wondering whether the artificially induced state makes it easier in the future to return to said state without external stimulation?
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23rd April 2012, 02:46 PM	#2
edd Graduate Poster Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,557	I wrote a whole post here and then scrapped it on realising this is direct electrical stimulation, not magnetic (TMS). Not heard of this before. Fascinating, thanks.
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23rd April 2012, 06:25 PM	#3
Bodhi Dharma Zen Advaitin Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Here Posts: 3,807	I also thought it was tMS.
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25th April 2012, 08:26 AM	#4
quarky Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 20,454	I've been expecting this sort of thing to become the new drug of choice. Maybe if it was illegal and really expensive?
quarky Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 20,454