Brain zaps boost memory in people over 60, study finds

Star Advertiser ^ | 8 April 2019

[DUMBGRUNT]

I'm thinking to pick up some current from each of the eight leads from the distributor, split them, 16 might work, some alligator clips...

The number of wraps around the lead could be tricky, to many and too much current...

If this works it might be better than the memory pills i forgot about.

[DannyTN]

Notes to self:
1) Do not zap your brain because some researcher said it was good to do.
2) If you forget this, then maybe zapping your brain won’t hurt.

[DannyTN]

Can you zap your brain through a tin foil hat?

[DesertRhino]

This explains why people who get tazed immediately understand what mistake they made.

[Gay State Conservative]

Now that I'm much,*much* closer to the grave than to the cradle I've found that my memory ain't what it used to be. I live near Harvard Medical School and have participated in research studies there before so maybe I'll make some calls to see if any researchers affiliated with Harvard doing this kind of research.

[Deaf Smith]

Isn't this more of behavior modification?

*We will keep shocking you until you tell us where you lost your car keys.

[Gay State Conservative]

ROTFL!

[DUMBGRUNT]

DON’T TAZE ME BRO!!!

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

I thought they used to say zapping the brain causes memory loss!

[irishjuggler]

Didn’t I see something like this in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?

[lee martell]

Will this gadget soon be available at Target?
There are no Circuit City or Radio Shack stores anymore.
I’ll get one for home and a second to keep in the car’s glove compartment!

[43north]

After reading this I’ve been trying to bypass the safety switch on the door of my microwave. Thirty seconds on the Defrost setting ought to be safe, y’think? I’ll let everyone know if I succeed... if I remember.

[JesusIsLord]

[lee martell]

Depends on where you zap. Which lobe of the brain, as in electro shock therapy. Didn’t work out too well for one Ernest Hemmingway.

[wally_bert]

Harbor Freight will have them on sale for $19.99.

[hecticskeptic]

Zapping the brains of people over 60 with a mild electrical current improved a form of memory enough that they performed like people in their 20s, a new study found...

Sex has been doing that just as well for years...

[Equine1952]

Find the nearest electric stock fence, then pee on it. Then go to a farm supply store and buy a hot shot wand. Rent yourself out to older neighbors and make extra money. Don’t forget to zap your wife she can get a hot shot too. To stay sharp get a shock collar and wear it, then you can keep yourself alert. I love this story. 😁

[lee martell]

Excellent. I’ll order online so I won’t have to be heard asking the cashier for one.

[Beowulf9]

Friend of mine with depression few years ago accidently ran into an electric fence for cows and got a mild shock.

I’ve tended to an older woman who had alzheimer’s dementia. She went for shock treatment.

Prior to could not remember who she was. She also could not walk.

Came back from treatment able to walk and talked to me about her 4 sons, their names, stuff about them.

I was amazed.

Uplifted her spirits for long time.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Do not zap your brain because some researcher said it was good to do.

I need all the help I can get.
The kids take after their mother, and believe it or not, she is very sharp.

Is there some rule of thumb about how many wraps and how much current is induced?
Trying to find a safe starting point, without waiting for the neighbor to get home from the tavern, to test it?