Via Scoop.it – ALS Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Scientists say they’ve used a computer program to decode a person’s brain waves and reconstruct the words a person hears. They think this technology could one day be used to eavesdrop on a person’s thoughts.Sound too invasive? Scientists hope it could one day help people who lose the ability to speak. “This is huge for patients who have damage to their speech mechanisms because of a stroke or Lou Gehrig’s disease and can’t speak,” Dr. Robert Knight, professor of psychology and neuroscience at UC Berkeley, said in a written statement. “If you could eventually reconstruct imagined conversations from brain activity, thousands of people could benefit.”
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