Northeastern University speech therapy student Mary Cho’s eyes grew wide as the electrical shocks hit her arm.
“Do you feel it?” Emily Wiskow, an occupational therapist, asked.
“Oh yeah,” Cho answered.
Then Cho let out a squeal as her hand began moving involuntarily.
“It kind of feels like when your arm falls asleep, but it makes you do things!” Cho exclaimed.
The shocking (pun intended) scene occurred Tuesday evening in professor Elizabeth Martin’s advanced clinical seminar for students earning their master’s degree in speech-language pathology.
