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Electric 'Thinking Cap' Controls Learning Speed
An anonymous reader writes "Vanderbilt researchers say they've shown it's possible to selectively manipulate our ability to learn by applying a mild electrical current to the brain. Using an elastic headband that secured two electrodes conducted by saline-soaked sponges to the cheek and the crown of the head, the researchers applied 20 minutes of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to each subject. Depending on the direction of the current, subjects either learned more quickly, slower, or in the case of a sham current, with no change at all. The [paywalled] study appears in the current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience."
...cause when we execute people by electrocution, they certainly do learn their lesson!
Sigh. We need people to become more eager to _buy_ stuff, not to learn faster!
If Pandora's box is destined to be opened, *I* want to be the one to open it.