There appears to be a resurgence of medical studies investigating electrical stimulation of the brain. My last blog post centred around a study which claimed to increase the focus and attention of ADHD sufferers by zapping the cerebellum. In another post, I wrote about a similar set of experiments which used transcranial magnetic stimulation on the dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex to generate the pleasure chemical dopamine. Electromagnetic stimulation has been touted to reliev

Not keen on your partners Jazz music? Zap your brain with magnetic pulses and you’ll be willing to pay to listen, for a while at least. Transcranial magnetic stimulation appears to be the latest craze in neuroscientist circles around the globe. It is non-invasive, and its effects are relatively temporary, allowing scientists to monkey about with synaptic pathways to generate surprising results. With the long term aim of being able to re-programme negative behaviour patterns,