“Injury to widespread brain networks” in victims of mystery attacks in Cuba

Doctors stumped by sonic experiences, doubt cause is viruses, delusions, or chemicals.

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[NickHos]

As someone who has a whole shed load of neurological problems, including pretty much all the ones those embassy people have and there was no evidence of abnormality on my MRI or EEGs can we assume that I've been attacked by an ultra-sound weapon too?

Full disclosure: I am not an undercover CIA operative.

Also, has anyone ruled out mass-hysteria? I know that sounds daft but it's happened before (e.g. a San Diego Navy barracks in the 80s) and there is a long history of groups of people spontaneously developing random neurological symptoms, the cause of which is never discovered...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_hysteria

Mass psychogenic illness is mentioned in the article.

But the team of Penn doctors cast doubt on this hypothesis, noting that some of their clinical results—such as those on eye-movement exams—could not be consciously or unconsciously manipulated. They also note that MPI usually involves short-term health issues, whereas many issues experienced by the individuals studied had long-term impairments. Lastly, the 21 individuals do not all know one another, according to an accompanying report in JAMA.

Gah. I've become *that* person: the one that doesn't read the article properly. sorry.