Affecting brain function with magnetic pulses
by Jack GrantWhile the overall results of a recent study on vision are intriguing, this part of the article at MSNBC.com on the methodology stood out for me:
In the study, temporary, reversible blindness was induced in volunteers by using magnetic pulses that affected the visual cortex, the area in the back of the brain that processes what the eyes are seeing.
Yikes! It is that easy to induce temporary, reversible blindness? Are they sure that there are no longer term consequences of this pulse?
Even if there truly are no longer term consequences of this magnetic pulse, the existence of the ability to use a magnetic pulse to affect a key center of the brain is very troubling to me.
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