Question: Why do electromagnetic pulses affect electronics but not the electrical impulses in our brains?

Arttu Rajantie answered on 23 Jun 2011:

I am not an expert on this. I guess there may be some shielding against external electromagnetic fields in nerve cells. However, at the end of the day, if we can measure the electrical activity using EEG, then conversely we can also influence it. It could be just that in order to have some clear effect we would have to be able to target individual nerve cells, but that is not possible because the brain is so incredibly complex.