Would like to Up Those Math SAT Scores? Try Electricity [Math]

Whenever you’re not among the many mathematically gifted, there’s hope for you yet-and doesn’t involve any studying. Instead, researches have found that a touch electric stimulation may add up to higher math skills.

Participants within 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, in step with 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 attempt to self-electroshock your way through differential equations. Second, would this process be roughly expensive than a kickass graphing calculator? [ Reuters ]

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