Associate professor Noam Harel displays examples of brain scans on his computer at the University of Minnesota's Center for Magnetic Resonance Research in Minneapolis, Minn. Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson)
Electrocognition and mind reading
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An old technology called electrocorticography, or ECoG, uses electrodes placed on the surface of the brain to detect electrical signals coming from the brain itself. Now, researchers are using ECoG to read minds.
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Dr. Eric Leuthardt: Director of the Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology at Washington University School of Medicine.
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Dr. Jonathan R. Wolpaw: Chief Research Physician, Laboratory of Nervous System Disorders at Wadsworth Center.
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