Can control human thoughts?

The answer is that at some point this is "possible". But first, we need a tool and need to understand how to use this tool to read and enter information into the brain completely.

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"We can transmit information to the brain, " says Edward Boyden, Benesse Career Development Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's MIT Media Lab.

Rather, the dissemination of this information is not a control, but a replacement of lost senses. For example, cochlear implants can restore hearing for people with hearing loss by mimicking the neurological phenomenon of hearing in the brain. Is this a thought control? Not very accurate, but there is also a part.

As Boyden said, "The brain is like an electronic device. The pulse is the common language . " However, the problem of using electrical impulses to stimulate sensations is a form like "electricity flowing in all directions" . It spreads along long ranges of nerve cells that receive input from sensory cells in the ear. Because of this, sharp sounds, a tin whistle, stimulate more nerve cells than high-pitched sounds.

To solve this problem, Boyden's lab used light to signal the brain's input."You can use light," Boyden said. "A cochlear implant that uses light can be several times more accurate than the sound transmission."

This technique involves nerve cells, genetic engineering that acts as tiny solar cells that turn light into electricity. To do this, Boyden uses standard genetic engineering tools . First, he inserted genes, coded for a protein that turns light into electricity, into a virus. Later, these viruses spread to metabolic cells - these cells receive implant thoughts - and give them the power to act like solar panels. The next step is to transplant an illuminated optical device into these "artificial" cells to provide sensory input.

It sounds unnatural, not really. But Boyden tested the system on primates, and this type of genetic engineering began to be monitored by experts at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In fact, nerve transplants have become very popular. Hundreds of thousands of people have received cochlear implants and other brain stimulation devices. If all goes well, Boyden believes that true optical (light) transplants can "implant" thoughts into the human brain within a decade.

However, Boyden's ultimate goal is to read thoughts and control thoughts. He imagined prosthetics adapting over time as people changed. He imagined controlling this brain code would open a door for a better understanding of the brain and actually develop technologies that could work in partnership with the brain.

But first, he said, "we need a tool and need to understand how to use this tool to read and enter information into the brain perfectly."