[kjell]

The first 40 minutes of this week's "Invisibilia" touches on the effects transcranial magnetic stimulation had on a woman who lived with undiagnosed aspergers for most of her life.

> ALIX SPIEGEL, BYLINE: Until she was 54 years old, Kim (ph) was totally unaware that there were things in the world that she could not see.

> KIM: Everything that was intended in this went completely over my head, and now I saw it - completely missed the meaning of the whole thing until after the TMS. And then I saw the whole thing clearly.

http://www.npr.org/2016/07/07/485138695/invisibilia-an-exper...

(The TMS study "Kim" participated in took place at the same hospital that the co-author of this letter works, Beth Israel Deaconess.)

[dewarrn1]

Thank you for mentioning this — my podcast app didn't notify me that Season 2 was underway.

[gr3yh47]

The linked transcript is fairly short and DEFINITELY worth a read.

Very interesting stuff.

[holografix]

There is a much longer and even more fascinating article here on HN about a similar case. You should search for it, if I was in front of a computer I'd find it for you. In it the man seems to have a lasting effect and is "cured" from Aspergers ends up splitting with his wife of I remember correctly.

[rjeli]

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/an-experimental-aut...