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Electric Jolt to Brain Boosts Math Skills Sunday, November 07, 2010 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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Stimulating the brain with a nonpainful electrical current can jump-start peoples' math skills, scientists say. The finding could lead to new, long-lasting treatments for people with moderate to severe math impairments such as dyscalculia, or "math dyslexia." This learning disability that prevents a person from grasping even simple math concepts, according to study leader Roi Cohen Kadosh, a neuroscientist at the University of Oxford in the U.K. (source: news.nationalgeographic.com)
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