Research Fellow at Sunnybrook Hospital, Neuromodulation Expert
Everyday in hospitals around the world, patients are receiving life changing treatments for depression using non-invasive brain stimulation tools. But how did we get here? Many years ago, a man put an electric eel on his head and noticed the brain changing effects. Fourty years ago, the first magnetic brain stimulation devices were being used. And… Continue reading Emerging tools for Brain Health
One of the first questions people ask when I tell them what I do is, "how is that different from a neurosurgeon?" A second common response is, "Do you look inside people's brains?" and my favourite, "Can you give me better memory?" Well, I don't cut open brains. But I do stimulate them! And I… Continue reading What is a Cognitive Neuroscientist?
Dr Abbey Nydam 