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I would be very interested in this applied to psychophathic individuals since they apparently lack moral judgement.
by planckscnst 16y ago
I would be very interested in this applied to psychophathic individuals since they apparently lack moral judgement.
- pygy_ 16y agoI'm no longer keeping track of TMS research, but from what I know (up to date as of 1 year, minus the fog of not having slept last night): The plasticity induced by rTMS is relatively short lived (10-60 minutes, usually), especially for high frequency stimulation (that potentiates the activity of the stimulated zone, which would perhaps be useful if we wanted to activate the TPJ of for psychopaths). To get maximal stability, you have keep people in a quiet room, because distractions / other activities tend to dissolve the effects of the stimulation. You may get longer lasting results using a thêta burst paradigm. All in all, TMS is mostly a research/diagnostic tool. TMS-based treatments are yet to be discovered (discounting irrelevant, anecdotal case reports).