Ya know, something called a 'frontal lobotomy' has the same sort of process, send a current thought the frontal lobes of the brain and knock it out.<p>I guess its not surprising that such experimentation would come to the 21st century. (it was first made popular in the 17th century for the treatment of all sorts of things).<p>That being said, there are people who experiment with drug cocktails to improve/modify brain function, why not electricity. I am sure there will be some anecdotal successes and some spectacular failures.