America experimented with electric shock with soldiers' brains

The US military is beginning to conduct tests for soldiers to see if low-level electroshock procedures for the brain help them be more alert in combat.

The Pentagon currently feels that coffee and energy drink products are not enough to keep the minds of American soldiers out of the frenzy. Initial tests to address this issue are being carried out at the request of the US Department of Defense, using "non-intervention" brain stimulation methods for dozens of volunteers.

In the trials, the volunteers were divided into two groups, one group only drank coffee and one group received electroencephalic shock, but all had to undergo awakening for 30 consecutive hours.

For the group of electroencephalograms , the researchers focused on two techniques using an electromagnetic field that indirectly transmits an electric current into the brain and transmits electric currents directly into the brain. Each volunteer received a cerebral shock with very small doses, only about 1 millimeter, for 10 minutes each time.

All volunteers will then complete tests of alertness and achievement in general, such as following the instructions on a screen to detect a plane moving into certain airspace. . The results showed that the group of people who only drank coffee had much less alertness and achievement than the group that received electric shock.

The Boston Globe quoted Lindsey McIntire, a research team member, claiming that the response to cerebral shock is better than the effect of caffeine in coffee and energy drinks, and does not cause side effects. feeling restless or nervous.Neuroscopic shock does not cause "collapse" after a few hours as the effect of caffeine runs out.

Sergeant William Raybon, who was chosen to participate in the experiment, said he felt tingling when he was first attached to the electrodes, but became "alert" soon after.