Bangkoktraveler Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 A Japanese research team has invented a technology that if completed could display people's thoughts and dreams on a computer screen. Researchers at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories say they have succeeded in processing and displaying images directly from the human brain that may open the door to unexplored dimensions of the brain and shed light on the function of dreams in the human psyche. The study is still in its primitive stages and so far the images that the team has managed to pick up from electrical signals of the brain are still very simple. The research team, however, hopes to eventually use the technology to figure out dreams and visualize what people imagine in their minds. When people look at an object, the eye's retina recognizes an image that is converted into electrical signals which go into the brain's visual cortex. The team, led by chief researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani, succeeded in catching these signals and then reconstructing what people see on screen. In their experiment, the researchers showed people the six letters in the word "neuron" and then succeeded in reconstructing the letters on a computer screen by measuring their brain activity. The team said that it first figured out people's individual brain patterns by showing them some 400 different still images. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Wonderful stuff, although it opens up a can of worms...dreams are highly personal and very private. Interpreting them is also an interesting task, one of my previous responsibilities was to do so. You can see it now...you dreamt of being a terrorist, off to gitmo for you! And heaven forbid people start to try to define normal and abnormal dreams. Everyone has strange even disturbing dreams, especially after trauma. So nice move, it could dispel a lot of myths, or it could be used maliciously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Brain = electrical activity...nide discovery. Same points as Faustian although there are some "dreams" I would like to review for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Whoopee ... now I can watch my dreams on the TV when I'm asleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Wonderful stuff, although it opens up a can of worms...dreams are highly personal and very private. Interpreting them is also an interesting task, one of my previous responsibilities was to do so. You can see it now...you dreamt of being a terrorist, off to gitmo for you! And heaven forbid people start to try to define normal and abnormal dreams. Everyone has strange even disturbing dreams, especially after trauma. So nice move, it could dispel a lot of myths, or it could be used maliciously. That is scary, that is really really scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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