In a world first experiment using non-invasive technology, researchers out of the University of Washington have set up a working brain-to-brain interface that allows one participant to identify what is in the mind of another.
Using a game of question and answer, participants are able to transmit signals over the Internet using only their minds.
Lead author, Assistant Professor Andrea Stocco, said “This is the most complex brain-to-brain experiment, I think, that’s been done to date in humans. It uses conscious experiences through signals that are experienced visually, and it requires two people to collaborate.”
The experiment uses caps connected to electroencephalography (EEG) machines, allowing for the detection of electrical activity in the brain. Participant A, the ‘respondent’, looks at an object on their computer screen while the ‘inquirer’, participant B’s, screen lists potential . . .