Now here's a topic of interest I first encountered while reading this article:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/03/murder-or-an-accident-the-brain-.html?rss=1
Article aside (I don't have too much comment on it), the whole concept of TMS sounds really intriguing. You can temporarily disable/turn off a part of a person's brain? According to the wikipedia article it seems that if done with precaution it won't really do any harm, but still...! I guess it could be something like a technology-version of hypnosis.
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulation
2 comments:
Would have to be done extremely carefully from an ethical standpoint. Theoretically, you can probably turn off someone's moral or regulatory centers and then get them to do things they normally wouldn't be willing to do.
I assume that the disabling application of TMS is somewhat like a use of force to "hold back" the part of the brain that's affected. I wonder if TMS can do something besides disabling a part of the brain? It's a form of stimulation, after all.
In accordance to a seminar I attended today, you can also stimulate the motor cortex and measure muscle movement.
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