Zapping The Brain Improves Math Skills link
By Eric Bland
11/04/2010
Scientists at University of Oxford are currently doing research with a method known as transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS), which involves passing electricity through the skull to increase or decrease the activity of neurons. With the studies they've conducted so far it has shown an increase in math skills, this makes the scientists hopeful that it could help treat the 20 percent of the population with moderate to severe dyscalculia (math disability) and potentially could help aid students in other subjects as well. TDCS can only help certain types of learning, like language, as long as they are near the surface of the brain; structures like the limbic system, which is closer to the center of the brain, are most likely beyond the help of TDCS, says researchers.
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