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Are we entering the era of the thinking cap - a device to supercharge our brains?
Could there be a time when everyone from schoolchildren to pensioners, and artists to accountants top up their natural abilities with some funky head-gear?
There have already been suggestions that electricity can boost mathematical talent and now researchers in Australia have found a way to boost problem solving.
The team at Centre for the Mind at the University of Sydney believe people find it difficult to think "outside of the box" because they become blinded by past experience.
So if someone is used to solving a problem one way, the brain struggles to come up with new solutions.
An enhanced future?
There have also been claims that stimulating the brain can improve the ability to learn a language, memory and attentiveness.
Dr Roi Cohen Kadosh, from the University of Oxford, has shown that brain stimulation can improve mathematical ability.
He said: "The primary aim is to apply this kind of research to patients with neurodamage or learning difficulties, but then we could look at enhancing abilities."
He is starting to work with private companies to design a cap that could be used for enhancement.
Professor Synder also believes brain boosting headgear can be developed.
He told the BBC: "The thinking cap of the future is not one that helps us to remember facts as the internet has solved that problem, but one that facilitates learning and unlearning mindsets. It's all about being original."
Originally posted by RANDOMguess
I def believe we are all souls just using these bodies and your only as good as your tool. There is no doubt our brain can be modified to be better but should we mess with the natural order.eeer yeah
Originally posted by andy1033
Originally posted by RANDOMguess
I def believe we are all souls just using these bodies and your only as good as your tool. There is no doubt our brain can be modified to be better but should we mess with the natural order.eeer yeah
Our minds are outside our bodies, and the brain is just the reciever transmitter.