If I could design a mind reading device, it would be one which
would allow researchers to translate the electrical activity from a person’s brain
recordings into his or her actual mental images in real time. This device would
work somewhat like an EEG machine such that electrodes would be placed all over
the scalp of the participant. Then, the machine would combine our knowledge of
ERPs and electrical signals from areas allocated for visual processing to put
together visual images of what is likely being imagined by the participant. The
device seems like the next step beyond Dr. Philip Low’s iBrain (pictured to the left). The device is the first portable EEG headset which monitors brainwaves
through a single channel and transmits them back wirelessly to a computer to aid communication and help
with monitoring apnea and drug trials. (See here
for article with more information.) While the device I hypothesized might seem unusual and
difficult to create, it would have important implications
for those studying night terrors and sleep disorders, PTSD, and disorders in
which human beings find themselves paralyzed and only able to communicate by pointing
to a screen. Thursday, September 20, 2012
Mind Reading
If I could design a mind reading device, it would be one which
would allow researchers to translate the electrical activity from a person’s brain
recordings into his or her actual mental images in real time. This device would
work somewhat like an EEG machine such that electrodes would be placed all over
the scalp of the participant. Then, the machine would combine our knowledge of
ERPs and electrical signals from areas allocated for visual processing to put
together visual images of what is likely being imagined by the participant. The
device seems like the next step beyond Dr. Philip Low’s iBrain (pictured to the left). The device is the first portable EEG headset which monitors brainwaves
through a single channel and transmits them back wirelessly to a computer to aid communication and help
with monitoring apnea and drug trials. (See here
for article with more information.) While the device I hypothesized might seem unusual and
difficult to create, it would have important implications
for those studying night terrors and sleep disorders, PTSD, and disorders in
which human beings find themselves paralyzed and only able to communicate by pointing
to a screen. 
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