Thought Control Game Helps Musicians

Thanks to Ananova for their article discussing a videogame controlled by brainwaves that helps musicians play better. According to the piece, "Scientists have improved the performance of musicians by up to 17% by teaching them to control their thoughts... Sensors were attached to their heads that filtered out specific brainwaves. These influenced a video game displayed on a screen, which the students learned to control by altering particular thought patterns." At the end of all this, "a panel of expert judges" proclaimed the 'deep relaxation' neurofeedback as having a significantly positive effect on the musicians' playing.

Comments

I dunno....

[IIRCAFAIKIANAL]

They don't mention if the study was double blind, they don't mention how the judges evaluated the performances...

It sounds compelling, but they certainly don't give me reason to believe it from the article. Of course, just like every other news story like this (such as the mozart effect), we won't see a follow up article if it proves to be bullsh!t and people are going to be repeating this "fact" for many years to come.

Why yes, I am in a bad mood today :)