Release date: 2008-08-22 Some stroke patients or soldiers with brain injuries on the battlefield are difficult to communicate with doctors when they are receiving treatment. In order to understand the minds of such patients and to target them more specifically, American scientists are trying to interpret them with EEG. The words of the heart. Source: Shanghai Medical Device Industry Association website Hospital/Clinic/Drugstore Equipment Lightweight Wheelchair,Folding Wheelchair,Manual Wheelchair,Portable Wheelchair Surgimed Medical Supplies Co.,Ltd , https://www.surgimedcn.com
According to a report by the US media on the 17th, according to a research team of the University of California, Irvine, some patients with brain damage and difficulty in oral expression wear a special hat. The electrodes on the hat touch the human scalp and monitor brain wave activity. The monitoring information obtained will be transmitted to the computer for the scientists to interpret.
The patient was initially asked to secretly choose one of the words listed by the scientist, and the mind meditated. The scientist used the EEG to simultaneously analyze the brain activity of the recovered person and "read out" the words they thought. After such a successful interpretation, scientists intend to let the rehabilitated person expand the scope of thinking, but it may take several years to reach the level of interpreting complex thinking.
John Parker, a scientist who participated in the study, said that the current research is still in its infancy, and they hope that this work will help to develop a "mind-awareness" software that allows patients with brain injuries and difficult oral expressions to speak without speaking. Ability to communicate ideas with others.
But because the $4 million in this research is from the US military, it is inevitable that some people will worry that this technology that could benefit humanity will be abused to interrogate the enemy.