Italian neuroscientists were able to erase unpleasant memories from the volunteers. To do this, they performed transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain. The purpose of the technology is to combat post-traumatic stress syndrome and other mental disorders, writes the scientific journal Current Biology.
Neurophysiologists increased and decreased the activity of different parts of the brain using magnetic signals of different frequencies. The technique is non-contact in nature. Penetrating into the brain, the signals become impulses of electricity that change the nature of the work of nerve cells in a specific area of the brain.
The same technology helps to remove the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and bulimia, reduces the urge to smoke and other bad habits, and also improves arithmetic and language skills of volunteers. Mass application is limited by the fact that the TMS machine takes up a large room, until engineers can fit it into a compact device …