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FTA: > With a third group of participants, they used a non-invasive technique called transcranial alternating current stimulation to speed up or slow down the
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> With a third group of participants, they used a non-invasive technique called transcranial alternating current stimulation to speed up or slow down the frequency of a person's alpha waves. And sure enough, this seemed to correlate with how real a fake hand felt.
I know this is largely orthogonal to the article, and I know what “non-invasive” means and why it’s used in this sentence, but it made me chuckle - “this technique that changed the subject’s brain waves sufficient to literally impact their sense of self - but don’t worry! It’s non-invasive!”
- taneq 9mo agoIt’s not an invasion, it’s just a “special operation”!
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- falcor84 9mo ago[flagged]
- xboxnolifes 9mo agoNah, in the context of weaponry it is called "less than lethal".
- marcd35 9mo agoi guess putting your head in a microwave would also be considered "non-invasive" according to this logic. makes sense!
- goopypoop 9mo agopretty invasive to the microwave
- nashashmi 9mo agoIf invasive means using surgical tools to open up the skin and organs, then non-invasive means all things that don't require surgical tools. OTH nearly all brain experiments are non-invasive. Did they mean to use the word to downplay how seriously impacting the experiment was?
- devmor 9mo agoMany types of brain stimulation require electrodes placed inside the skull. The term was likely chosen to differentiate this technique from those.
- SlightlyLeftPad 9mo ago“...it's not out of the question that you might have a very minor case of serious brain damage. But don't be alarmed all right...[it’s non-invasive]”
- dmos62 9mo agoYes, the good old minor majority.