What are brain zaps and are they harmful? A new client described brain zaps as an electrical buzz she felt in her head periodically. ''I thought I was going crazy, especially at night when it awakened ...

You're going about your day when, all of a sudden, you feel a strange, hard-to-describe sensation in your head—like an electrical bolt that seems to come out of nowhere. If you've never experienced it ...

Boosting a person's smarts through drugs or electrical or magnetic stimulation of the brain is becoming an increasingly widespread practice. Now, bioethicists are weighing in, saying that while such ...

One moment you’re fine, and then suddenly your brain gets a sudden “electric shock”. For someone who’s never experienced it before, the sudden sensation can feel confusing. This sensation is called ...