Electrical brain stimulation can boost memory function in older people


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 10 Apr 2019

FILE PHOTO: A test person poses with an electroencephalography (EEG) cap which measures brain activity, at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) in Garching near Munich September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo

LONDON: Electrical brain stimulation using a non-invasive cap can help boost older people's mental scores to those of people 20 to 30 years younger, according to a study published on April 8. 

The research, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, found that age-related decline in working memory can be reversed by stimulating two key brain areas at a specific rhythm. 

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