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Study Shows Direct Brain Interface Between Humans

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-want-to-know-what-you're-thinking dept.

vinces99 writes University of Washington researchers have successfully replicated a direct brain-to-brain connection between pairs of people as part of a scientific study following the team's initial demonstration a year ago. In the newly published study, which involved six people, researchers were able to transmit the signals from one person's brain over the Internet and use these signals to control the hand motions of another person within a split second of sending that signal.

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  1. Cool and all, but a couple of things came to mind. by Hussman32 · · Score: 3, Informative

    1. Who is funding the research?

    The research published in PLOS ONE was initially funded by the U.S. Army Research Office and the UW, with additional support from the Keck Foundation.

    2. What will the Army do with it?

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    "Who are you?" "No one of consequence." "I must know." "Get used to disappointment."
  2. Re:That's Kinda Creepy... by Stormy+Dragon · · Score: 4, Informative

    The article doesn't say though. Some neuroscientists argye that the initiation of action may preceed the initation of the perception of "willing it":

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N...

    If that is the case, it could be there's a method of forcing movement that would be perceived as your own actions.