] As remarkable as the cat-drawing lesson was, it was just ] a hint of Snyder's work and its implications for the ] study of cognition. He has used TMS dozens of times on ] university students, measuring its effect on their ] ability to draw, to proofread and to perform difficult ] mathematical functions like identifying prime numbers by ] sight. Hooked up to the machine, 40 percent of test ] subjects exhibited extraordinary, and newfound, mental ] skills. That Snyder was able to induce these remarkable ] feats in a controlled, repeatable experiment is more than ] just a great party trick; it's a breakthrough that may ] lead to a revolution in the way we understand the limits ] of our own intelligence -- and the functioning of the ] human brain in general. and to think I've been taking drugs to actually try and STOP this kind of behavior. Savant for a Day |