transcranial magnetic stimulation

[Birdbomb]

How a magnet turned off my speech

...TMS offers a kinder alternative to electroconvulsive therapy, the treatment of last resort for people with severe depression who do not respond to drugs.

Others have used it to treat severe epilepsy, and there are efforts to use it to quieten the voices heard by schizophrenics and to track nerve development in infants.

A few even believe that it could actually enhance cognitive skills.

Prof Allan Snyder, at the University of Sydney believes TMS can act as "a creativity-amplifying machine".

But Prof Walsh is highly sceptical. "Brain stimulation does not release hidden talents and when it is used to improve things in patients, it comes at the cost of blocking some nerve pathways to encourage others."

 

[speber]

That's a Pink Floyd song, right?...

...or maybe it was Ween?

Either way that is some wild experimental science taking place.
:agree:

 

[stilldancing_98]

I know this may sound stupid and not very sientific. But when you really meditate, what about then? If you learned then could you teach your self what the magnets can do?

 

[speber]

You'll be talking to the neurofeedback guys for that one!...

...They know the most about 'training the brain'!

In the mean time try a TAG search by clicking in the tag cloud above on 'neurofeedback' for the best threads on the subject!

I would say YES...there is probably a connection that could be made there.
:twocents:

 

[epileric]

This was on the news today

It talks about how transcranial Magnetic Stimulation helps migraines but it's exciting to see more research on them.

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080626/migraine_device_080626/20080626/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

 

[Bernard]

We talked about this subject before: http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f22/magnets-1288/

 

[epileric]

We talked about this subject before: http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f22/magnets-1288/

I'm Gonnna have to do better searches then. Still it's interesting to see how it's still making the news.