Brain Inspired

BI 020 Anna Wexler: Stimulate Your Brain?

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Show notes:

  • Anna’s website: annawexler.com.
  • Follow Anna on Twitter: @anna_wexler.
  • Check out her documentary Unorthodox.
  • The papers we discuss:
    • Recurrent themes in the history of the home use of electrical stimulation: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and the medical battery (1870–1920).
    • The Social Context of “Do-It-Yourself” Brain Stimulation: Neurohackers, Biohackers, and Lifehackers.
    • Who Uses Direct-to-Consumer Brain Stimulation Products, and Why? A Study of Home Users of tDCS Devices.
    • Mind-Reading or Misleading? Assessing Direct-to-Consumer Electroencephalography (EEG) Devices Marketed for Wellness and Their Ethical and Regulatory Implications.
    • Anna mentioned consumerlab.com as a great place see what’s really in the supplements you take.
    • p300 ERP component as a signature of a person’s reaction to a stimulus.
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