Can a wearable neuromodulation device that delivers small electric shocks banish anxiety? Studies suggest it might ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed banning electrical stimulation devices designed to reduce self-injurious or aggressive behavior. The FDA cited these devices as posing an ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. What if we could turn off fear? When it ...

Congress is moving to ban devices used to administer electric shocks on people with developmental disabilities in an effort to modify their behavior, a practice that advocates have long decried as ...

Round two: The FDA is going back to battle with a Massachusetts school over a controversial electrical shock device. This week, the federal agency proposed a new ban on “electrical stimulation devices ...

After years of tacitly endorsing the only facility in the country known to use electric shocks to address behavior in those with developmental disabilities, a major behavior analysis organization is ...

After a ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court, a Massachusetts facility is allowed to continue to use controversial devices to electric shock its clients. But advocates are hoping to change that ...

NEWSCENTER FIVE. THANK YOU. A PROPOSED BAN OF THE DEVICES THAT ADMINISTER ELECTRIC SHOCKS TO DISABLED STUDENTS AT THE JUDGE ROTENBERG CENTER IN CANTON IS BACK ON TRACK IN CONGRESS. FIVE INVESTIGATES ...

Struggle with math? A gentle jolt to the brain might help. A new study published Tuesday in PLOS Biology suggests that mild electrical stimulation can boost arithmetic performance -- and offers fresh ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tiny electric shocks to the throat may help stroke victims overcome disabling swallowing difficulties, a small British study suggests. Up to three-fourths of people ...

New York City boutique studio Shock Therapy uses electric muscle stimulation and promises big results in less time—here's what happened when I tried it for myself. I used to go to this physical ...

Brain research is one of the most crucial fields in modern life sciences, and "emotion" is one of its major topics. Studying emotions in animals has long been considered challenging with limited ...