Neurologists have warned against the growing trend of people attaching live electrodes to their head in a bid to alter their personality. In one of the wackiest self-improvement trends to date, many ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

There is a lot of evidence that suggests direct current brain stimulation can improve cognition and motor function. But should you trust a $99 DIY brain stimulation kit? No, of course you shouldn’t.

E-stim may not be appropriate for everyone, but for many people this painless procedure is accelerating recovery and providing relief from painful or uncomfortable symptoms. Whether you’re recovering ...

Last October, Matt Herich was listening to the news while he drove door to door delivering pizzas. A story came on the radio about a technology that sends an electric current through your brain to ...

When young school students perform poorly in their classes, the usual antidote is more study, but desperate parents are instead opting for potentially dangerous DIY brain stimulation kits to motivate ...

Recent increased interest in the electricity-based brain stimulation method of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) as a means of improving cognitive ability has some experts raising ...