Do Those Electrodes On Your Brain Really Help You?
In a guest post for the British Psychological Society's Research Digest, Neuroskeptic reviews a recent meta-analysis that found that Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation doesn't actually produce many of the cognitive benefits that have been claimed.
The trouble with tDCS? Electrical brain stimulation may not work after all (BPS Research Digest, February 4, 2015)
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