WASHINGTON -- Dr. Demetrius Lopes snaked a thin wire with a tiny magnet on its tip into an artery in Paul Kelsey's groin and threaded it all the way up into his brain. Aided by a helmet-shaped ...

Magnet Mayhem: Modifying Morality with Magnets? An magnetic jolt to your brain can temporarily impair your sense of morality.

Imagine you could manipulate a person’s sense of morality with a simple magnet. MIT neuroscientists say it’s possible. “To be able to apply [a magnetic field] to a specific brain … ...