Marco de Innocentis wrote:
>> In article <3898C792.66EC2162 at goti.net>, Mark Morin
> <mmorin at PETERHOOD69goti.net> wrote:
>> >> I'm a mathematical physicist, but I don't really know much
> about
> >> the structure of the brain. Do you think it would be possible
> to
> >> stimulate the temporal lobes by means of such a device?
> >
> >not only do I think so but I've had it done several times (one
> of the
> >pitfalls of working in a hospital with a research lab looking
> for
> >control subjects).
>> What exactly did you feel when your temporal lobes were
> magnetically stimulated? Anything to do with "disembodied"
> feelings or mystical experiences, by any chance?
nothing like that, just the feeling of rapid tapping on my scalp and my
right forfinger moving. The two experiments I was in were looking at
effects on mood and reaction time. Well, effects on one's learning curve
to be more specific. The mood effects are much more subtle than you
describe but I have seen depressed patients swear by it.
> Incidentally, was it the left or right temporal lobe - or
> both?
Left, both times.
mark
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