(Refeed) Boosting Kids' Brain Power

Published: Sept. 5, 2013, 5 p.m.

b"An Oxford University researcher will soon test whether applying an electric current to part of the brain can help children learn math\\u2014an effect previously demonstrated in adults. Parents are already lining up for access to the device. But is the technique safe? And is this an ethical way to improve a child's performance in school?\\n\\nFor more global environmental stories, visit:\\nhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/\\nhttp://www.theworld.org/category/topics/environment/\\n\\nNOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers."