In the future, a person may be able to watch a computer
screen and have his or her brain patterns modified to improve physical
or mental performance. Researchers say an innovative learning method
that uses decoded functional magnetic resonance imaging could modify
brain activities to help people recuperate from an accident or disease,
learn a new language or even fly a plane.
New research published today in the journal Science
suggests it may be possible to use brain technology to learn to play a
piano, reduce mental stress or hit a curve ball with little or no
conscious effort. It's the kind of thing seen in Hollywood's "Matrix"
franchise.
Experiments conducted at Boston University (BU) and ATR Computational
Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, recently demonstrated that
through a person's visual cortex, researchers could use decoded
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to induce brain activity patterns to match a previously known target state and thereby improve performance on visual tasks.
Think of a person watching a computer screen and having his or her
brain patterns modified to match those of a high-performing athlete or
modified to recuperate from an accident or disease. Though preliminary,
researchers say such possibilities may exist in the future.
Experiments conducted at Boston University (BU) and ATR Computational
Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, recently demonstrated that
through a person's visual cortex, researchers could use decoded
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to induce brain activity patterns to match a previously known target state and thereby improve performance on visual tasks.
Think of a person watching a computer screen and having his or her
brain patterns modified to match those of a high-performing athlete or
modified to recuperate from an accident or disease. Though preliminary,
researchers say such possibilities may exist in the future.
Experiments conducted at Boston University (BU) and ATR Computational
Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, recently demonstrated that
through a person's visual cortex, researchers could use decoded
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to induce brain activity patterns to match a previously known target state and thereby improve performance on visual tasks.
Think of a person watching a computer screen and having his or her
brain patterns modified to match those of a high-performing athlete or
modified to recuperate from an accident or disease. Though preliminary,
researchers say such possibilities may exist in the future.
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