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Manipulating the Brain with Magnets

Posted by timothy on Monday January 27, 2003 @05:44AM from the the-aliens-have-done-to-me-for-years dept.

hackwrench points to this Boston Globe story, writing "Some guy has figured out how to use magnets to disable or enhance part of the brain." And this is on a part of the science spectrum not occupied by Alex Chiu.

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Old News by DaoudaW · 2003-01-27 06:48 · Score: 5, Informative

Here's a story on the same researcher from 4 years ago.

Oh and by the way, the 3000 volts / 8000 amps is to power the magnet; the brain does not get zapped!
Re:Scientific American Frontiers Story by Simon+Field · 2003-01-27 06:56 · Score: 3, Informative

I seem to recall Eric Wasserman giving a paper on this in 1996 or thereabouts.
There is actually a lot of stuff on this floating around the 'net, as you would expect of a technology that is that old.
Some discussions in more depth can be found here, written for a general audience, and herehere for those who want more meat.

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Remind anyone else of _Deepness in the Sky_? by abulafia · 2003-01-27 08:40 · Score: 2, Informative

My first thought was the "read/write" MRIs featured in Vinge's _A Deepness In The Sky_.

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