Once upon a time, I was a lab rat in a set of transcranial magnetic stimulation experiments. It felt like my head was being painlessly hammered. My nostrils and eyebrows twitched uncontrollably. Otherwise, there was no discernible impact on behavior, cognition, or affect.
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Replying to @NoaidiX
fascinating - what was the goal of transcranial magnetic stimulation?
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Replying to @molluscle
They were testing whether knocking out the prefrontal cortex via transcranial magnetic stimulation would result in performance deficits under pressure. After knocking out my prefrontal cortex, I underwent magnetic resonance imaging while performing an incentivized motor task.
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Replying to @NoaidiX @molluscle
TMS has seemed like a neat brain hacks since I worried about it but I worry about it begin harmful. Any insight into that possibility?
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oof I typo'd a wrd: 'worried' should be 'learned'
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