Thinking Cap or Dunce’s Hat?

April 19, 2002 | Source: Wired News

Researchers are using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to temporarily shut down the left hemisphere of the brain, where speech and short-term memory are supported, to mimic temporarily the brain pattern of autistic savants and achieve very fast brain processing.

Some autism experts are skeptical.

Also see: TMS: Twilight Zone Science?