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There's some hopeful results from noninvasive variants as well, such as (mentioned once in the article): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_st

• TTPrograms 13y ago
  TDCS also has a pretty active hobbyist community, although I tend to be a little more risk averse than most of its members. http://www.reddit.com/r/tdcs http://www.reddit.com/r/tdcs
• kanzure 13y ago
  > There's some hopeful results from noninvasive variants as well including "transcranial ultrasound stimulation", http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/neuro/ultrasound/ http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/neuro/ultrasound/
  • tachyonbeam 13y ago
    Now I just need to build myself an ultrasound device that temporarily disables my amygdala, and I can be Paul Muad'Dib.
• caycep 13y ago
  Here's the rub - the noninvasive stuff has never had as good symptomatic results. The papers like to find numbers with good statistical significance but in practice, the results from DBS in Parkinson's, and dystonia are impressive, and persistent, while the TMS results have been modest at best, and stop when you turn off the stimulator. It'd be nice to have a non-invasive device that works just as well but the nice thing about DBS is that it's all internalized and the patient never forgets to turn it on or take it off accidentally...