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Why not do it in reverse order? First drawing with the machine and then without.
by notrealname 18y ago
Why not do it in reverse order? First drawing with the machine and then without.
- wyday 18y agoOr better yet, have a control test. Tell a person their mental faculties will be enhanced, but don't actually run the test. See if just that knowledge increases their ability.
- jwesley 18y agoI'm sure the scientists behind this are on top of that. Just does not make sense for someone writing an article to be part of the control group.
- wyday 18y agoFair enough, but the article doesn't mention control tests at all. The "transcranial magnetic stimulator" is touted as voodoo magic. I feel like I just read a 3a.m. infomercial.
- rsheridan6 18y agoIt's the New York Times. That's what they do.
- MaysonL 18y agoThey check for placebo: see the pdf http://www.centreforthemind.com/images/savantskills.pdf http://www.centreforthemind.com/images/savantskills.pdf
- diN0bot 18y agowhat do you mean? he draws first without, then with the machine on, then again afterwards with it off.
- scott_s 18y agoAs another psychologist points out, you still need control subjects who just draw subsequent images of cats. We expect improvement with practice. A simple experiment would be a large sample of people do the drawings, all are hooked up to the machine, but it's only turned on for half. Of course, the subjects and the experimenters themselves don't know which ones get the machine actually turned on.