I've started getting quite a few questions about the TMS work I'm participating in at Alvaro Pascual-Leone's lab in Boston http://www.tmslab.org/ I'm going to answer a few of them here. Feel free to ask your own questions in the comments. I'll try to answer, and I'll run any technical or medical questions past Alvaro, Shirley, and the other... Read more
Every day, I get questions about the TMS project I've gotten involved in at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. TMS stands for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. What's that? It's the use of high power magnetic fields to induce tiny electrical currents in the brain that can change the way we think. TMS has been in the news recently... Read more
Just the other day, a middle aged fellow approached me and said, "I think I might have Asperger's. Do you think there is any point to my getting tested, or am I too old?" I looked at him as I pondered the true meaning of his question. "You do look pretty old," I said. "But I'll bet you could still take a test. Maybe they even have a simplified... Read more
In my last post I talked about the value of self knowledge in the context of neuro-psychological testing. I said, "There is no downside to testing." Several readers took me to task for that, pointing out that there can be a downside . . . learning that you are officially "different" can be a crushing blow to the psyche. I have thought about that... Read more
Yesterday Cubby and I returned to the TMS lab at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to commence another round of studies. Those of you who are new to TMS can read some of last year's posts here: http://jerobison.blogspot.com/2008/11/summary-of-my-tms-posts.html This spring, we have two studies going on. One is measuring brain... Read more
