Effects of Magnetic Stimulation on the Brain Speech Center (video)


	Effects of Magnetic Stimulation on the Brain Speech Center (video)
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5-19-2008 4:54 PM
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neuroscience, speech, transcranial magnetic stimulation,
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Words failed me. I stuttered as Prof Vincent Walsh turned off the speech centre of my brain for a few thousandths of a second to demonstrate the power of transcranial magnetic stimulation, a popular way to interfere with the most complex known object in the universe.
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