Or to quote Pete and Dud... WOOWOOWOOWWW
(Sorry I really need a more rounded font to make that work properly) On 11 June 2014 09:16, Alberto G. Corona <[email protected]> wrote: > Here below is my free will produced by typing under random brain noise > produced by budist meditation. > > ()()(?)(¿?¿))(Y/&$$=) > > > Enjoy. > > 2014-06-10 2:13 GMT+02:00, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List > <[email protected]>: > > Summary: Our ability to make choices -- and sometimes mistakes -- might > > arise from random fluctuations in the brain's background electrical > noise, > > according to a recent study. New research shows how arbitrary states in > the > > brain can influence apparently voluntary decisions. > > > > Excerpt: "The brain has a normal level of "background noise," Bengson > said, > > as electrical activity patterns fluctuate across the brain. In the new > > study, decisions could be predicted based on the pattern of brain > activity > > immediately before a decision was made. > > Bengson sat volunteers in front of a screen and told them to fix their > > attention on the center, while using electroencephalography, or EEG, to > > record their brains' electrical activity. The volunteers were instructed > to > > make a decision to look either to the left or to the right when a cue > symbol > > appeared on screen, and then to report their decision. > > The cue to look left or right appeared at random intervals, so the > > volunteers could not consciously or unconsciously prepare for it. > > The brain has a normal level of "background noise," Bengson said, as > > electrical activity patterns fluctuate across the brain. The researchers > > found that the pattern of activity in the second or so before the cue > symbol > > appeared -- before the volunteers could know they were going to make a > > decision -- could predict the likely outcome of the decision. > > "The state of the brain right before presentation of the cue determines > > whether you will attend to the left or to the right," Bengson said." > > Does 'free will' stem from brain noise? > > > > > > Does 'free will' stem from brain noise? > > Our ability to make choices -- and sometimes mistakes -- might arise from > > random fluctuations in the brain's background electrical noise, > according to > > a r... > > View on www.sciencedaily.com Preview by Yahoo > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Everything List" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > -- > Alberto. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
