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Hacking the Brain

The brain seems to carry out nearly all its sensory perception using generic, interchangeable modules, each of which learns (from scratch) to represent and process whatever signals it is exposed to. But what does each module actually do?

November 23, 2009

Mindreading No: Thought Pattern Recognition Yes

It’s not mindreading but scientists can use high-resolution brain scans to identify activity patterns that develop into thought patterns, revealing what a person plans to do in the near future.

July 14, 2009 · 17 Comments
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