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About Zapped (Unabridged)

What if there was a secret world where people - among them US soldiers and Silicon Valley wunderkinds - were making themselves smarter? Their reaction times, aptitude for language, problem-solving skills, and marksmanship are all improving under the watchful eye of scientists and DARPA (the defense advanced research projects agency). Such are the claims of transcranial direct current stimulation - also known as TDCS - a noninvasive treatment where you strap electrodes to your skull to zap your brain. It all sounds like a shady society of secret humans snatched from the pages of comic books, but it's not. It's real life. And Mary H. K. Choi visits as a human guinea pig to conduct experiments on herself to see what she'll find out, to hilarious and fascinating results. Mary H. K. Choi has written for GQ , The New York Times , New York , Wired , and Glamour . She is the former editor of MTV Style and executive producer of the documentary House of Style: Music, Models and MTV . She has also written comic books for Marvel and Vertigo and hosts a podcast on jobs called Hey, Cool Job . It's available on iTunes.