Dreams can be recorded like movies

Japanese scientists have come up with a technique that can help to capture the images that people see from brain activity and display them on the computer, thereby opening the possibility of revisiting dreams.

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"The results of our study show that our technique provides an effective way to decode complex cognitive states," said the researchers at the ATR Japan Laboratory. From brain activity. "

A spokesman for the Kyoto-based laboratory claims that this is the first time scientists have documented the images people see from brain activity. While the team's images are still pretty straightforward, they believe the new technique can help us show our dreams to the computer screen as a movie.

When people see an object, light acts on the rod-shaped nerve and the retinal cone creates the image. The images are then converted into electrical signals and transmitted to the visual processing area on the cortex.

ATR's team has figured out how to capture electrical signals to reconstruct images that people see. First they gave the volunteers 400 different views to find out what types of brain activity they were doing. As a result, they program a software that can quantify brain activity. They then asked volunteers to look at the six letters in the word "neuron" and reproduce the letters on a computer screen with new software.

Researchers hope that further improvements will help their software reproduce complex dreams. Dementia is a condition associated with deep sleep, but scientists still do not understand its biological function. Anxiety is the most common psychological state that people record in their dreams.

Some scientists believe that people often dream about unfinished work or emotions. Many studies have shown that dreams can help us strengthen our thinking and memory. Even animals are dreaming and many experts say they have the power to control dreams.