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The Milgram Electric Shock Experiment Revisited: Nothing Has Changed

Evening Stress

A landmark study conducted 50 years ago on human obedience has been replicated and showed little change in outcome, as published in the journal Social Psychological And Personality Science. Originally conducted by Stanley Milgram the experiment was designed to test how willing people were to deliver electric shocks to another person if they were encouraged …

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Electric Therapy Is Curing Navy SEALs of PTSD

Electric Therapy Is Curing Navy SEALs of PTSD

Hundreds of vets are trying an experimental treatment at the Newport Brain Research Laboratory that may change how mental disorders are addressed. A new treatment for brain disorders may change brain based medicine, FDA clinical trials to judge its efficacy and risks are still ongoing, but the technique may help humanity deal with mental disorders …

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