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The first 40 minutes of this week's "Invisibilia" touches on the effects transcranial magnetic stimulation had on a woman who lived with undiagnosed aspergers f
by kjell 10y ago
The first 40 minutes of this week's "Invisibilia" touches on the effects transcranial magnetic stimulation had on a woman who lived with undiagnosed aspergers for most of her life.
> ALIX SPIEGEL, BYLINE: Until she was 54 years old, Kim (ph) was totally unaware that there were things in the world that she could not see.
> KIM: Everything that was intended in this went completely over my head, and now I saw it - completely missed the meaning of the whole thing until after the TMS. And then I saw the whole thing clearly.
http://www.npr.org/2016/07/07/485138695/invisibilia-an-experiment-helps-one-woman-see-the-world-in-a-new-way http://www.npr.org/2016/07/07/485138695/invisibilia-an-exper...
(The TMS study "Kim" participated in took place at the same hospital that the co-author of this letter works, Beth Israel Deaconess.)
- gr3yh47 10y agoThe linked transcript is fairly short and DEFINITELY worth a read. Very interesting stuff.
- holografix 10y agoThere is a much longer and even more fascinating article here on HN about a similar case. You should search for it, if I was in front of a computer I'd find it for you. In it the man seems to have a lasting effect and is "cured" from Aspergers ends up splitting with his wife of I remember correctly.
- rjeli 10y agohttp://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/an-experimental-autism-treatment-cost-me-my-marriage http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/an-experimental-aut...
- dewarrn1 10y agoThank you for mentioning this — my podcast app didn't notify me that Season 2 was underway.