US EditionShock Study: Mild Electric Stimulation Boosts Math Ability
- An international study led by Roi Cohen Kadosh in 2025 found that mild electrical stimulation of the brain improved college students' math skills over five days of testing.
- This research followed concerns about widespread declines in math achievement in South Africa since 2021, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and foundational literacy challenges.
- The experiment with 72 participants targeted the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, showing improved calculation ability particularly in students with weaker natural brain connectivity.
- Kadosh emphasized that brain-stimulation devices must consider individual brain anatomy and that evidence-based approaches are required before home use, while noting benefits for learners and workers.
- The findings suggest brain stimulation could aid math learning for those with biological disadvantages, complementing educational efforts focusing on literacy and numeracy in early schooling in South Africa.
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New Study Says Zapping The Brain With Electricity May Boost Math Skills
human-brain-electricity A new study by researchers from University Of Surrey, Swansea University, and the University of Oxford claims mild, carefully-controlled electrical shocks to the brain can improve a person’s math skills. They also added, in a massive understatement, that this technology is not yet ready for use at home. In the study, published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Biology, the researchers wrote, “To deepen our understanding of the …
An electric stimulation of your brain could remedy this, advances Tuesday a team of international scientists.
Do you have difficulties with mathematics? A slight electrical stimulation of your brain could solve it, suggests this Tuesday a team of international scientists, whose conclusions illuminate the connections between brain activity and learning processes.
Researchers placed electrodes on the skull and applied low-voltage alternating current - The least good math students showed a 25-29% improvement
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Verve timesScientists zapped students' brains with electricity to improve their math learning
A study suggests that carefully controlled electrical stimulation of the brain may improve math skills, most significantly in people with weaker connections in a specific part of the brain.
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