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 Post subject: Transcranial magnetic stimulation and go
Post #1 Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:46 pm 
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For those of you not familiar with it, Transcranial magnetic stimulation is described here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcran ... timulation

Want to improve your memory? I haven't critically examined this. They could be frauds. But it is intriguing.

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Post #2 Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 12:27 am 
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I didn't read everything but the website mentioned a paper here:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/ ... +Paper.pdf

18 subjects performed

1. A 10-minute test without stimulation
2. 3-minutes break
3. A 10-minute test with stimulation
4. 3-minutes break
5. A 10-minute test without stimulation

Apparently, the 18 subjects (contrary to 18 controls) performed significantly better in tests 2 and 3 than in test 1 (the difference was about 1 standard deviation). Maybe tsumego solving skills would be improved by this method?

However, this doesn't say anything about long-term effects. The study doesn't prove that stimulation improves memorization over periods of several months.

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