Posted on 01/02/2019 6:48:25 PM PST by RightGeek
Neuroscientists have successfully hooked up a three-way brain connection to allow three people to share their thoughts and in this case, play a Tetris-style game.
The team thinks this wild experiment could be scaled up to connect whole networks of people, and yes, it's as weird as it sounds.
It works through a combination of electroencephalograms (EEGs), for recording the electrical impulses that indicate brain activity, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), where neurons are stimulated using magnetic fields.
The researchers behind the system have dubbed it BrainNet, and say it could eventually be used to connect many different minds together, even across the web.
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In the experiment set up by the scientists, two 'senders' were connected to EEG electrodes and asked to play a Tetris-style game involving falling blocks. They had to decide whether each block needed rotating or not.
To do this, they were asked to stare at one of two flashing LEDs at either side of the screen one flashing at 15 Hz and the other at 17 Hz which produced different signals in the brain that the EEG could pick up on.
These choices were then relayed to a single 'receiver' through a TMS cap that could generate phantom flashes of light in the receiver's mind, known as phosphenes.
The receiver couldn't see the whole game area, but had to rotate the falling block if a light flash signal was sent.
Across five different groups of three people, the researchers hit an average accuracy level of 81.25 percent, which is decent for a first try.
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I can’t really decide what I think of this. Very strange.
Ha! When you see these goofballs running screaming from the lab you'll know it's time to head for the hills as well.
Borg-to-be?
I’ll with unintended Monte Python.
They sure can be can't they? Just one more reason to be grateful when you are feeling good.
Note: this topic is from 1/02/2019. Thanks RightGeek.
Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Omar...
Color me doubtful.
All that was conveyed was the flashing rate of the LED. Far short of the richness of thought and emotion.
Not mind reading but moving in that direction - and since the military implications are obvious - this research will continue...
Three working synapses?
Must be a Democrat.......................
Each of the synapses started working when they were told the other two would be doing all the work.
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