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Get shocked!
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Want to Up Those Math SAT Scores? Try Electricity
If you're not among the mathematically gifted, there's hope for you yet—and doesn't involve any studying. Instead, researches have found that a little electric stimulation may add up to better math skills.
Participants in the study were given a one milliamp electrical stimulus across the parietal lobe for 20 minutes a day. It doesn't amount to more than a tingle, according to Oxford University's Cohen Kadosh, but the 20 and 21-year old student volunteers who underwent the treatment found their performance level significantly improved on a battery of tests. Not only that, but the boost still held six months after the initial jolting.
Two quick thoughts. First, please don't try to self-electroshock your way through differential equations. Second, would this process be more or less expensive than a kickass graphing calculator? [Reuters]
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11-04-2010 at 09:54 PM
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cool
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11-04-2010 at 10:04 PM
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60% of people in Engineering who read this will attempt it in some form or the other.
90% who read this will consider it in some form or another.
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11-04-2010 at 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by CrashPlague
60% of people in Engineering who read this will attempt it in some form or the other.
90% who read this will consider it in some form or another.
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98% of all stats are made up
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11-04-2010 at 10:10 PM
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98% of all stats are made up
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11-04-2010 at 11:48 PM
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69% of people see innuendo everywhere.
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11-04-2010 at 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Entropy
69% of people see innuendo everywhere.
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LOLing so hard
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Hahah this is just insane.. Why would scientists even come up with that?!
LOL @ all the stats being thrown out.. 
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Huh... I did get electric shocked the time I put my finger in a socket when I was like 6.
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Hand Sanitizers Kill 99.9% Of Germs. ...
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