Sensory Performance Enhancement

Sensory Performance Could Be Enhanced Through Targeted Ultrasounds
Ultrasound, which is used by creatures such as bats and whales as a type of sensory guidance system, can also boost sensory perception in humans by modulating brain activity, according to new research appearing in Sunday’s online edition of Nature Neuroscience. Dr. Tyler and his colleagues placed a small electrode on the wrist of human volunteers in order to stimulate their median nerve, which runs down the arm and is the only nerve to pass through the carpal tunnel.