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Boosting Your Brain With Batteries
Bifurcati writes "Running a tiny current acrosss your head increases your verbal skills reports Nature News. 103 nervous volunteers received 2 thousandths of an amp and showed a 20% improval in a simple verbal test, compared to a control group (same setup, just no current in the wires). Somebody better buy the politicians a couple of car batteries..."
I cannot wait to overclock my brain.
Canthros
and all I got was this lousy erection that won't go away!
Easy guys, I put my pants on one leg at a time. The difference is after I put on my pants I make gold records!
And now we know what Bush had strapped to his back during the debates.
You need more even brain coverage by the current. Perhaps by using a tinfoil hat as one of the electrodes. Other posts have mentioned where to stick the other electrode, so I won't go into that.
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
"They're givin' me 10,000 watts a day you know, and I'm hot to trot. The next woman that takes me out is gonna light up like a pinball machine, and pay off in silver dollars. " (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest)
I do that now. That's why I need the overclocking.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
If the effect is psychological, having a physically detectable (by the subject) component is likely to reinforce it.
Hmm, so maybe to increase my verbal skills I should rub poison ivy on my skalp replicate the ichy sensation.
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Previous tests tried several thousand volts, and had the opposite impact on verbal skills, with most saying either "gnnnnh!" or nothing at all. On the other hand, the effect was permanent.
Sure I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?
You misspelled "nucular".