Hack your Brain
Publisher: New Scientist
From Electroshock to Brain Chips
A Pocket Science title
Influence your brain from the outside
In the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, you can erase unpleasant memories from your brain in order to feel better. This scenario is not as removed from reality as you might think: it is already possible to use magnetic pulses to temporarily paralyze memory areas. And maybe in the future you will learn a new language simply by putting a chip in your brain. Hack Your Brain describes all the ways in which you can hack your brain from the outside, from treating depression with electroshock to controlling robotic arms with your thoughts. But are you still yourself if you influence your brain in this way? And what if someone else hacks your brain? In clear language, Van Pelt explores these and many more questions.
