Math is not everyone's strong skill, but some may find that their mathematical abilities could potentially improve with an electrical current.

According to a new study, published in Current Biology, researchers found that applying an electrical stimulation to the brain could enhance someone's performance in math for up to six months and have no side effects on any other cognitive functions.

Researchers are suggesting that this treatment could potentially help up to 20 percent of the population that suffers from moderate to severe complications with math, such as dyscalculia. The process involves applying a transcranial direct current stimulation to the part of the brain that uses numerical understanding.

"I am certainly not advising people to go around giving themselves electric shocks, but we are extremely excited by the potential of our findings," said Roi Cohen Kadosh of the University of Oxford. "We've shown before that we can temporarily induce dyscalculia [with another method of brain stimulation], and now it seems we might also be able to make someone better at maths."

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