Why Olympic Athletes Are Zapping Their Brains

Why Olympic Athletes Are Zapping Their Brains
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Several sprinters and hurdlers who will be competing for Olympic medals in Rio de Janeiro next month have been using a new training tool in preparation: stylish headphones that double as a brain stimulator.

The device looks and works like real headphones but is engineered to precisely deliver mild electric current to the motor cortex, an area of the brain that coördinates movement.

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