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Mind-Reading Device Can Convert Thoughts Into Words
Spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com
Neuroscientists have made another important step in “reading” of the human mind, aiming to “listen” and to decipher thoughts through monitoring of the brain waves that correspond to the silent speech or the inner dialogue that is constantly taking place in our minds.
The group of researchers, led by Brian Paisley and Robert Knight, professor of psychology and neuroscience of the University of California-Berkeley, has managed to “translate” the electrical brain waves into words.
Scientists hope that in the future the new technique, possibly through some specific brain implants and prosthetic devices, will allow patients in coma or with severe speech impairment, provoked by stroke or other disorders, to communicate with those around them.
The new achievement is a part of a series of advances in neuroscience, which gradually led to the realization of the dream (or the nightmare) of mind reading. The new study is focused on the auditory cortex and, in particular, on the area where sounds are refined, which allows people to understand what they hear. Initially, the researchers watched the brain waves of 15 patients while they were hearing several talks. Then they used a computer to sort the chaos of the acoustic/electric impulses and signals in order to find out which sound frequencies of words correspond to which brain signals. Finally, they managed to associate words with specific waves and signals of the brain.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2014/03/mind-reading-device-can-convert-thoughts-into-words/
