UNC School of Medicine scientists report using transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) to target a specific kind of brain activity during sleep and strengthen memory in healthy people.
The findings, published in the journal Current Biology, offer a noninvasive method to potentially help millions of people with conditions such as autism, Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, and major depressive disorder.
For years, researchers have recorded electrical brain activity that oscillates or alternates during sleep; they present as waves on an electroencephalogram (EEG). These waves are called sleep spindles, and scientists have suspected their involvement in cataloging and storing memories as we sleep.
Electric Brain Stimulation During Sleep Can Boost Memory
i have this because of a brain seargery that i had on February 10 2008.