# Nerve induction

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nerve_induction
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nerve_induction.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_induction
> Source revision: 1323267870
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Multiple issues|
{{Unreferenced|date=July 2025}}
{{Notability|date=November 2025}}
}}
'''Nerve induction''' is a hypothetical method of creating a sensation by stimulation of the sensory nerves rather than by actual stimulus, mostly used as a [plot device](/source/plot_device) in [science fiction](/source/science_fiction).

==History==

The concept is <!-- first? --> mentioned in the 1965 [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) novel ''[Dune](/source/Dune_(novel))'' by [Frank Herbert](/source/Frank_Herbert) as a method to inflict pain with no actual injury.

No known real-life analogues of such a device currently exist. However, the effect sometime occurs as a side effect of [transcranial magnetic stimulation](/source/transcranial_magnetic_stimulation). In addition, a number of non-lethal [pain compliance](/source/pain_compliance) devices have been developed. The most reminiscent of Herbert's fictional device is the microwave-based [Active Denial System](/source/Active_Denial_System) (ADS), which shows many of the same traits, but uses microwaves rather than nerve induction. 

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nerve Induction}}
Category:Medical treatments
Category:Science fiction themes
Category:Sensory systems

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nerve induction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_induction) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_induction?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.