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brains scientists have been linked through the Internet

Source: University of Washington

The two American scientists were able to combine their brains, send and receive a signal transmitted electronically.

experiment was conducted Aug. 12 computer scientist Rajesh Rao and psychologist Andrea Stocco, professors at the University of Washington in Seattle.

experience was to stimulate traffic center in the cerebral cortex of one researcher (Rajesh Rao) and transfer the signal to the corresponding region in the brain of another researcher who was in the lab in another part of the university. Have been transmitted over the Internet.

Prof. Rajesh was wearing the electrodes used to study electroencephalograph, and in front of a computer screen with the cursor. Intense thought that the right hand moves the cursor. When the sensor excitation registered zawiaduj?cego movement activity center in the cerebral cortex, sent a signal to a remote laboratory where he was professor. Andrea Stocco dressed in head-TMS to the ? cranial magnetic stimulation (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation). This is a device for non-invasive stimulation of neurons. Electromagnetic induction produces low voltage using a rapidly changing magnetic field. It increases the activity of different brain regions.

When carried out in this way, experience has been activated in the cortex region prof. Stocco, zawiaduj?cy movement. As a result, prof. Stocco felt in his right hand “nervous tic” and inadvertently pressed the button on the keyboard.

obtained result is extremely simple. This was a one-way transmission from the brain to the other. But researchers have announced that they will continue to experiment. The next step is to create a two-way communication. The researchers expect to send more complex signals and obtain complex reactions. They plan to bring this technology to a level where it could be used outside the laboratory.

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