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> I have to assume that if DARPA is using it to train snipers, they know it works

This keeps getting thrown around but I'm having a hard time identifying a good source (other than a bunch of blogs repeating the same 'fact'). The best I can do is this set of slides which claim 'a 2.1x improvement' [1], but no confirmation that it's actually in use.

The brain is very poorly understood, and throwing random electrical fields across it "because I saw it on extremetech" is a terrible idea.

[1] http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2008intell/kruse.pdf



I remember reading more detail on the snipers here:

Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328501.600-zap-your-...

Which references Experimental Brain Research, vol 213, p 9: http://www.mendeley.com/research/transcranial-direct-current...




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