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Video scenes pulled from people's thoughts

Posted on Sunday, 29 November, 2009 | 13 comments

In a peculiar new experiment Doctor Jack Gallant of the UCB psychology department has succeeded in reproducing on a screen videos being watched by two patients through the process of measuring their brain activity.

Pulling an image out of a person's brain is a feat that is hard to believe, but Doctor Jack Gallant of the UCB psychology department seems to have gone this accomplishment one better. In a recent experiment, Doctor Gallant claims to have made it possible to reproduce video images from human brain activity. Would you post your thoughts on Youtube?

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#9 Posted by Alienated Being on 29 November, 2009, 16:07
In 20 years from now I can see this becoming a perfected reality.

#10 Posted by Alienated Being on 29 November, 2009, 16:09
I agree, directors wouldn't even NEED actors. They could just mentally visualize them and have them come up on the screen... no more props, etc. Goodness!

#11 Posted by Dahn on 30 November, 2009, 0:21
Yet another title that's misleading. They didn't actually see what the person was thinking, but what he was seeing. There's a difference. I'm still not convinced it's really real anyway though, but if it is, think about if they could see what someone with hallucinations is seeing...

#12 Posted by L33TNerd on 30 November, 2009, 1:40
But.... how would such a system know the difference between a perceived memory and an imagined thought? I could daydream a murder while being eyed as a suspect, and that would be enough proof?

#13 Posted by deadleprechuan on 30 November, 2009, 2:44
the article says they were able to reproduce what the patients were watching, not what they were remembering. but it would be nice to watch your memories or dreams

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