An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh have developed a 'mind-reading' computer.
It is hoped the mind-reading machine, which can forecast the activity patterns a brain will create for a specific word, will offer a better understanding of how and where the brain stores information and even lead to improved treatments for language disorders and learning disabilities.
Researchers used nine volunteers to train the computer. They were given 58 words and asked to think about the meaning and properties of the words. Brain scans taken when the users were thinking about the different words were then captured using magnetic resonance imaging, which identifies real-time brain activity.
The researchers then gave the computer two new words and images and asked it to pair them up correctly, which it successfully completed, the next step would be to study brain activity for phrases rather than singular words." Link to Original Source
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