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Tms especially has been looked into heavily by researchers as well as the military over the last 20 years. The results have been remarkable both as treatment bu

Tms especially has been looked into heavily by researchers as well as the military over the last 20 years. The results have been remarkable both as treatment but also as a concentration/ skill and learning booster with effects being maintained long after treatment. I believe NPR did a segment on this recently as well. It's ironic to think that given everything we think we know about how the brain functions , such a gross and simple procedure as wiring a battery to your head or inducing a magnetic field would have such strong and even beneficial effects. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=transcranial+magnetic+stimulation+military&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqx7KG6YrOAhUQcCYKHSwDCScQgQMIIjAA https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=transcranial+magnetic+s...

jsprogrammer 10y ago
I'd guess that putting the brain and body in novel states would stimulate all kinds of effects. Do you know of any more general studies on novel states? Does the impact of the treatment (TMS) reduce over time (not persistent effects, but the effect from a single treatment)?
- danielmorozoff 10y ago
  As to your first question I am not sure what you define as 'novel state', I am assuming you do not mean in the form of and LSD trip. But if you could clarify I could attempt to address your question. An interesting example would be the treatment of migraines, and or focal epilepsy using TMS. Migraine treatment with TMS, is believed to set the brain in a controlled firing rhythm, whereas migraines are believed to be caused by uncoordinated neural firing similar to epilepsy but in a milder form. Recently the FDA has approved such a treatment: http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm378608.htm http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/uc...
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jsprogrammer 10y ago

I'd guess that putting the brain and body in novel states would stimulate all kinds of effects. Do you know of any more general studies on novel states? Does the impact of the treatment (TMS) reduce over time (not persistent effects, but the effect from a single treatment)?

danielmorozoff 10y ago
As to your first question I am not sure what you define as 'novel state', I am assuming you do not mean in the form of and LSD trip. But if you could clarify I could attempt to address your question. An interesting example would be the treatment of migraines, and or focal epilepsy using TMS. Migraine treatment with TMS, is believed to set the brain in a controlled firing rhythm, whereas migraines are believed to be caused by uncoordinated neural firing similar to epilepsy but in a milder form. Recently the FDA has approved such a treatment: http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm378608.htm http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/uc...

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