'Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.' Karl Kraus. I second that. Boris Shoshensky
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alas the following does not prove the thesis that the thought comes before the words. Since what they are wiring is the speech-motor cortex, it means they are tapping into the brain after it has already chosen the word it would speak if it could. If they could find signal activity leading INTO that cortex, it might amount to pertinent evidence. > > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,357162,00.html > > Seven paragraphs down, it says: > > --------------- > "By measuring the brain signals in this area while Erik thinks about > speaking, we have been able to build a decoder that translates the > brain signals into the speech sounds Erik was thinking about," says > Guenther, an associate professor of cognitive and neural systems at > Boston University. > > "The output of the decoder is used to drive a speech synthesizer, > which creates sound output." > > Signals from the brain are received using three tiny wires. The > measurement of these electrical signals is very complex but eventually > may be able to decode Ramsey's thoughts and translate them into > recognizable speech. > ------------- > > ************** Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4& ?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) _____________________________________________________________ Put an end to annoying pop ups! Click here! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2221/fc/Ioyw6i4t7aMl24AzUvn4b0jdUGJ3z6 VXjfz21imcc82None9omd4gM/?count=1234567890
