Electrically Stimulating the Brain Can Boost Visual Memory 110 Percent

kids put on your thinking caps...

Me got to get me one of them things

This article doesnt state whether this was a permanant memory improvement or if it only happens during the use of the cap.

Unless this can be a perm effect, it is only good for researching our potential.

That, or we would need to wear the cap all the time.

as a student id wear it all the time

where do I buy one?

@CDales1004: It's implied that the effect is only temporary, while the brain is stimulated. But it's practical for certain applications. For example, it's useful for people wanting to better remember movies, or faces, or anything they may not see often.

Though there seems to be a hitch in this. If contextual embedding is dulled, wouldn't it be harder to understand a memory formed during this treatment, even if you can see it perfectly? For example, you may remember the fine print on Contract A, but if you can't remember what Contract A was for, is it really useful to remember that?

Of course, depending on the visuals remembered, it may be possible to retroactively fill in the blanks...i.e. if you remember seeing the text "By signing this contract, you agree to lease the car for one year..." then you'll be able to figure out, even if you don't actually remember, that Contract A was a lease on a car...

So it can go both ways. It's certainly interesting, though. The idea that you can turn off and on savant qualities at will...some amazing stuff.

-IMP ;) :)

how do you like the new school uniforms?

If this really works it could be amazing, especially because you don't need any pharmaceuticals.

This is for math majors, not literary ones. A lot of savants cant do things like metaphor, and other literary devices. They take things in a real literal sense. Like when you say "It's raining cats and dogs." They actually go outside and look. This wouldn't be good for any task that took some creativity.

This would be nice for a lot more the autism. I've been having severe memory issues for the past 4 or 5 years, starting small at first and ramping up. Its to the point now that I forget probably about 85% of what I've done greater then 24 hours ago. My concentration is also shot along with multitasking and trying to come up with a word while taking or typing is like trying to walk through a dense fog. If this could help then I'd wear it 24/7 if I had to and I'm sure anyone else in my position would do the same.

watch one day wal-mart will have them for back to school supplies
>X<

if they put these in normal hats itd be great. and while there at it why dont they make it so it can read minds and when we have a question the cap could just google it and transmit it back to our brain

This would be excellent for medical school and biology XD

It would be interesting to know what the electrode reactions are. Does it produce hydrogen at the cathode and metal ions at the anode? What sort of voltage is used?

A quick test across my temples (wetted with water) with an ohmmeter found a couple hundred kilohms resistance. I don't feel any more intelligent though.
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