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http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/12/scientists-extract-images-directly-from-brain/
Researchers from Japan’s ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories have developed new brain analysis technology that can reconstruct the images inside a person’s mind and display them on a computer monitor, it was announced on December 11. According to the researchers, further development of the technology may soon make it possible to view other people’s dreams while they sleep.
The scientists were able to reconstruct various images viewed by a person by analyzing changes in their cerebral blood flow. Using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine, the researchers first mapped the blood flow changes that occurred in the cerebral visual cortex as subjects viewed various images held in front of their eyes. Subjects were shown 400 random 10 x 10 pixel black-and-white images for a period of 12 seconds each. While the fMRI machine monitored the changes in brain activity, a computer crunched the data and learned to associate the various changes in brain activity with the different image designs.
Then, when the test subjects were shown a completely new set of images, such as the letters N-E-U-R-O-N, the system was able to reconstruct and display what the test subjects were viewing based solely on their brain activity.
For now, the system is only able to reproduce simple black-and-white images. But Dr. Kang Cheng, a researcher from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, suggests that improving the measurement accuracy will make it possible to reproduce images in color.
“These results are a breakthrough in terms of understanding brain activity,” says Dr. Cheng. “In as little as 10 years, advances in this field of research may make it possible to read a person’s thoughts with some degree of accuracy.”
The researchers suggest a future version of this technology could be applied in the fields of art and design — particularly if it becomes possible to quickly and accurately access images existing inside an artist’s head. The technology might also lead to new treatments for conditions such as psychiatric disorders involving hallucinations, by providing doctors a direct window into the mind of the patient.
ATR chief researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani says, “This technology can also be applied to senses other than vision. In the future, it may also become possible to read feelings and complicated emotional states.”
The research results appear in the December 11 issue of US science journal Neuron.
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dang, that's pretty crazy. But i think displaying dreams will be quite a challenge since they are so much more complex.
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Science will never cease to advance, still loving it
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wow this is fucking crazy...
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hmmm can they force images into our head? that'd be pretty scary...
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Link is dead, Another source?
lol, the irony of the psychiatric uses for this. "get outta my head!" then they are actually in there lookin around.
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Tinfoil hats at the ready...
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THis has beena round for a while here in Mexico, if everything runs smoothly and they can guarantee 100% that what they extract is for real, this can also be used to see what a dead person last saw before he/she died (yes the brain stores information even after death), at least thats what some researches are doing in my Med School 
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Wow... i LOVE science!!!!!!!
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Are we suppose to be happy about this accomplishment? Seriously, science has a fucking limit...
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On December 12 2008 10:18 PaeZ wrote:THis has beena round for a while here in Mexico, if everything runs smoothly and they can guarantee 100% that what they extract is for real, this can also be used to see what a dead person last saw before he/she died (yes the brain stores information even after death), at least thats what some researches are doing in my Med School
What do you mean runs smoothly?
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On December 12 2008 10:20 prOxi.swAMi wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2008 10:18 PaeZ wrote:THis has beena round for a while here in Mexico, if everything runs smoothly and they can guarantee 100% that what they extract is for real, this can also be used to see what a dead person last saw before he/she died (yes the brain stores information even after death), at least thats what some researches are doing in my Med School What do you mean runs smoothly? He is clearly lieing or joking. Some people are so fucking gullible lol.
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It does this by watching blood flow? I'm doubting this could be used on anyone without calibrating it first, as I doubt everyone has blood vessels in exactly the same places. I have no real clue though.
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i swear there has been several movies or tv shows that has used such a technique, usually to catch a murderer.
can't seem to place a name on any of them though...
i'm fairly sure that the idea has been around for a while so i wouldn't be too surprised if some research has been done on it (well, obviously there has been).
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On December 12 2008 10:20 Dazed_Spy wrote:
Are we suppose to be happy about this accomplishment? Seriously, science has a fucking limit...
You're okay with the LHC, but scared about this? Eyescan technology, implanted electronics, etc.. All that shit is already out there. I wouldn't worry too much.
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On December 12 2008 10:25 FzeroXx wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2008 10:20 Dazed_Spy wrote:
Are we suppose to be happy about this accomplishment? Seriously, science has a fucking limit... You're okay with the LHC, but scared about this? Eyescan technology, implanted electronics, etc.. All that shit is already out there. I wouldn't worry too much. I'm not worried about this, I just think its an area Science should not go.
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On December 12 2008 10:26 Dazed_Spy wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2008 10:25 FzeroXx wrote:On December 12 2008 10:20 Dazed_Spy wrote:
Are we suppose to be happy about this accomplishment? Seriously, science has a fucking limit... You're okay with the LHC, but scared about this? Eyescan technology, implanted electronics, etc.. All that shit is already out there. I wouldn't worry too much. I'm not worried about this, I just think its an area Science should not go.
so you are worried...
has anyone confirmed if the article is real?
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