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Is electrical brain stimulation used (like drugs) to produce pleasures in humans in other settings than scientific experiments?

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Thanks. Apokrif (talk) 16:27, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is a large review[1] cited in our article in which I couldn't find the work "pleasure" or other words with similar meaning. There are probably easier ways to have fun....! Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:12, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Our Wirehead (science fiction) article describes some fictional uses. CodeTalker (talk) 02:56, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]