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Brain zaps boost memory in people over 60, study finds
Star Advertiser ^ | 8 April 2019

Posted on 04/08/2019 3:49:17 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

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...

During a sham stimulation, the older group was less accurate than the younger participants. But during and after 25 minutes of real brain stimulation, they did as well. The improvement lasted for at least another 50 minutes after the stimulation ended, at which point the researchers stopped testing. It’s not clear how long the benefit reached beyond that, Reinhart said, but previous research suggests it might go for five hours or more after stimulation stops.

Researchers got the same result with a second group of 28 subjects over age 62.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: brain; memory; voltage
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To: DUMBGRUNT

41 posted on 04/08/2019 4:28:42 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: Jyotishi

Maybe some fine motor issues?
Or a crapy keyboard?

Other than that, Good To Go!


42 posted on 04/08/2019 4:30:55 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

” Reinhart, who reported the work today in the journal Nature Neuroscience, said it’s notable for showing success in older people and because the memory boost persisted for nearly an hour minimum after the brain stimulation ended.”


43 posted on 04/08/2019 4:31:09 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
I just hope my wife doesn't skim this article and see the the word "Stimulate" and the phrases "lasts for 5-hours" and "people over 60"...
At 80, she may get confused and sign me up for zapping...
44 posted on 04/08/2019 4:39:00 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

This is a simple technique that works through a method called entrainment. The prefrontal cortex functions in a brain wave frequency of 14 to 30 Hz in the Beta frequency. By blasting the brain with a higher frequency it moves the processing into the beta frequency.

Low amplitude beta waves with multiple and varying frequencies are often associated with active, busy or anxious thinking and active concentration.

The artificial induction of increased beta waves over the motor cortex by a form of electrical stimulation called Transcranial alternating-current stimulation, or TMS..

I have several friends who do this with patients on a daily basis as a treatment for psychiatric disorders.


45 posted on 04/08/2019 4:43:18 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: Made In The USA

I was totally with you until,
“Figure about $2 for Chinese slave labor to slap it all together”

Very concerned that your friend Zhang Wiu in Beijing might be in this a little too close for my good.

My buddy Willy Washington has an inside connection in Stateville, he offers his service for $1.97/ pc. 100 count min.

One minor problem, my attorney M. Avenatti Esq. has been very busy, and it might take some time to put it together.


46 posted on 04/08/2019 4:43:39 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Any better than an espresso?
I’m not going to apply electricity to my head.


47 posted on 04/08/2019 4:45:59 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: DesertRhino

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

You win the internet!!!! Bravo!!


48 posted on 04/08/2019 4:46:50 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump is the best project/program/portfolio manager in the world!!!!)
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To: tired&retired

Nice, but maybe, burn your fingers and trip the breaker.

Much better to have the circuit go across the heart from hand to hand.
Perhaps two metallic butterknives with the ends trimmed to fit into the receptacle.


49 posted on 04/08/2019 4:48:08 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: SuperLuminal

Hey this shock therapy even works on young people. When I was 7 years old I had an older boy bet me I couldn’t pee on an electric fence. He lost the bet. I remember it like it was yesterday and I’m 67 now.


50 posted on 04/08/2019 4:48:54 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“Might depend on the diameter of the holes and the wavelength of the dangerous radiation???”

Put it and then put your head in the microwave. You’ll get plenty zapped.


51 posted on 04/08/2019 4:50:04 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump is the best project/program/portfolio manager in the world!!!!)
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To: tired&retired

Prolonged electric greater than 4 hours and priapism have been reported infrequently since market approval of Elctrohat. In the event of electric that persists longer than 4 hours, the patient should seek immediate medical assistance.

Your mileage may vary.


52 posted on 04/08/2019 4:50:57 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

As a kid I can remember being surprised Nixon won by a landslide.. I thought how could people think he knew nothing about Watergate. But hey.. What did I know!?


53 posted on 04/08/2019 4:51:13 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: tired&retired

Yes, but the older CRTs sometimes produced excessive X-ray stimulation causing innumerable side effects.


54 posted on 04/08/2019 4:54:05 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: I want the USA back

I’m not going to apply electricity to my head.

That being the case, I regret to inform you, that you are on the wrong thread.

I would like to help you out, but how exactly did you get in?


55 posted on 04/08/2019 4:56:41 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I used to just use caffeine and nicotine for the ‘zap’, now I just use caffeine.


56 posted on 04/08/2019 4:58:49 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Equine1952
"When I was 7 years old I had an older boy bet me I couldn’t pee on an electric fence. He lost the bet. I remember it like it was yesterday and I’m 67 now."

Your just lucky the temperature outside wasn't 20 degrees or you would probably have been the first tranny...

57 posted on 04/08/2019 4:59:58 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: hanamizu

I feel vaguely deprived in that my brothers and I and our contemporaries lacked such a device as an implement for fraternal harassment.


58 posted on 04/08/2019 5:06:17 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: wally_bert

On eBay right now $50 and up. “Bumble Bee” is a decent one. Item no. 183024470523.


59 posted on 04/08/2019 5:12:50 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: DUMBGRUNT

LOL

After my pop died when i was 14, they sent me off to a shrink (when all i wanted to do was play football and drink in the woods at night).
He suggested electro shock treatment.
I suggested I never go back.
And I never saw him again.
Jolts to the brain are great as a last, LAST measure.
that’s it


60 posted on 04/08/2019 5:25:30 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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