Brain stimulation boosts memory for a month

Brain stimulation boosts memory for a month Scientists have discovered they can boost people's memory for a least a month by harmlessly stimulating parts of the brain with electricity.

Volunteers performed better at word memorisation games, which tested both their immediate "working" memory and their long-term memory, experts found.

Exactly what the results mean for day-to-day life is still unclear. BBC News

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• Long-lasting, dissociable improvements in working memory and long-term memory in older adults with repetitive neuromodulation (open access) Nature Neuroscience