Can I use electricity to improve my brain?

03/08/23 • 42 min

This week we find out about the weird and wonderful world of bioelectricity and how we might be able to use electricity to aid us... We hear about some unfortunate electric fish who have been used for prolapsed anuses, we consider whether electricity could be used for cancer treatments and wound healing, and we find out what the future of the field looks like. Our expert also shares her experience of having her brain ‘zapped’ and Michael shows us his own brain hacking equipment.

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Special thanks to today’s expert, Dr Marta Halina.

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