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Brain stimulation increases monkeys’ ability to quickly perform tasks (2017)

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Re: Brain stimulation increases monkeys’ ability to quickly perform tasks (2017)

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Post by penagwin »

mslip wrote: post #17
penagwin wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> without all the gels/sponges/etc. I doubt that's going to happen anytime soon. ECG/EKG/EEG's require the probes to have a good electrical connection to your skin. And dry skin is a pretty terrible conductor. The gels help the probe adhere to you skin and provide better conductivity. You'd still need something to hold it in place anyway. Protip for removing the gel: Warm water helps a lot :D

Warm water for sponge electrodes? I can’t imagine water being helpful for gel electrodes.

Sorry I should've explained, warm water helps remove the gel afterwards.

If you ever have a sleep study for example they place them all over your head and it's a little messy, warm water lets it wash right out.

Re: Brain stimulation increases monkeys’ ability to quickly perform tasks (2017)

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Post by hombre_fatal »

dorfsmay wrote: post #15
jtbayly wrote: post #5

Most notable thing about this link is that it hijacked the back button on my phone.

I'm curious, why would you not open random links into a separate incognito tab? Doesn't everybody do this today?

Are you seriously asking if anybody today opens links by simply tapping on them?

Is this some sort of weird fake-question nerd-brag?

Re: Brain stimulation increases monkeys’ ability to quickly perform tasks (2017)

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Post by dorfsmay »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #22
dorfsmay wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious, why would you not open random links into a separate incognito tab? Doesn't everybody do this today?

Are you seriously asking if anybody today opens links by simply tapping on them? Is this some sort of weird fake-question nerd-brag?

Yes I was asking that.

No bragging, fake question.

Re: Brain stimulation increases monkeys’ ability to quickly perform tasks (2017)

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Post by jtbayly »

dorfsmay wrote: post #23
hombre_fatal wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you seriously asking if anybody today opens links by simply tapping on them? Is this some sort of weird fake-question nerd-brag?

Yes I was asking that. No bragging, fake question.

Then my answer is "no. I don't." And nobody else does either. You are probably the only person in the whole world who does this, or close enough to be a rounding error. :)

Re: Brain stimulation increases monkeys’ ability to quickly perform tasks (2017)

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Post by dorfsmay »

jtbayly wrote: post #24
dorfsmay wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes I was asking that. No bragging, fake question.

Then my answer is "no. I don't." And nobody else does either. You are probably the only person in the whole world who does this, or close enough to be a rounding error. :)

Do you open links in the same tab you're already in?

Then, say you're on HN, do you use the back button to go back to HN?

I might be in the minority to use incognito tabs for "random sites", but I've seen a lot of people opening links into different tabs.

Re: Brain stimulation increases monkeys’ ability to quickly perform tasks (2017)

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Post by jtbayly »

dorfsmay wrote: post #25
jtbayly wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then my answer is "no. I don't." And nobody else does either. You are probably the only person in the whole world who does this, or close enough to be a rounding error. :)

Do you open links in the same tab you're already in? Then, say you're on HN, do you use the back button to go back to HN? I might be in the minority to use incognito tabs for "random sites", but I've seen a lot of people opening links into different tabs.

When I'm on my computer, I open almost all links in separate tabs. When I'm on my phone, generally I click the link and click the back button.

Re: Brain stimulation increases monkeys’ ability to quickly perform tasks (2017)

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Post by jtbayly »

RandomInteger4 wrote: post #12
jtbayly wrote: post #5

Most notable thing about this link is that it hijacked the back button on my phone.

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "hijack"?

Upon finishing the article, I tried to click the back button. It reloaded the same page I was already on instead of going back to HN.

Re: Brain stimulation increases monkeys’ ability to quickly perform tasks (2017)

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Post by dorfsmay »

jtbayly wrote: post #26
dorfsmay wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you open links in the same tab you're already in? Then, say you're on HN, do you use the back button to go back to HN? I might be in the minority to use incognito tabs for "random sites", but I've seen a lot of people opening links into different tabs.

When I'm on my computer, I open almost all links in separate tabs. When I'm on my phone, generally I click the link and click the back button.

Think about it, you're only one step away from using incognito tabs, which avoid polluting your main browser with cookies.

To me that's even more important on mobile where we tend to clean our browsers less often.

Re: Brain stimulation increases monkeys’ ability to quickly perform tasks (2017)

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Post by mslip »

penagwin wrote: post #21
mslip wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Warm water for sponge electrodes? I can’t imagine water being helpful for gel electrodes.

Sorry I should've explained, warm water helps remove the gel afterwards. If you ever have a sleep study for example they place them all over your head and it's a little messy, warm water lets it wash right out.

Ah ok I thought you meant using water as a medium for stimulation with gel electrodes. But yeah sadly I know exactly what you mean, I’ve had to clean a lot of gel electrodes.
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