Like that yes it is not necessarily a lie. It is a lie in terms of the type of people such headlines attract, as seen by the comments posted. A lot of people literally believe word for word, these sorts of headlines - which are merely to grab attention.(without really understanding the story).
Does this story really need to grab such attention? Considering the process involved in 'extracting images directly from the brain' these are images the volunteers have spent time focusing on while the machine ponders their brain signals. It is only because of this the machine is able to extract 'images' - images which it has taught to the volunteer - not any image the volunteer is thinking, but very specific images, within strict boundaries set by the machine. On 15/12/2008, "Simon Biggs" <[email protected]> wrote: >How is it a lie? > >I agree that the article about this has very little information that would >allow us to understand exactly what was done and by what methods. Due to >this we cannot assess the outcomes but only go on what is stated in the >article. That makes for potentially lazy reporting but not necessarily a >lie. > >Regards > >Simon > > >On 15/12/08 15:34, "james of jwm-art net" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I must speak up about this. I have something to say. You try reading all >> those comments and then criticising this attention grabbing headline >> which is really an outright lie. >> >> >>> >On Mon, 15 Dec 2008, info wrote: >>> > >>>> >> Scientists extract images directly from brain. >>>> >> >>>> >> Researchers from Japan¹s ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories >>>> >> have developed new brain analysis technology that can reconstruct the >>>> >> images inside a person¹s mind and display them on a computer monitor, it >>>> >> was announced on December 11. According to the researchers, further >>>> >> development of the technology may soon make it possible to view other >>>> >> people¹s dreams while they sleep. >>>> >> >>>> >> The scientists were able to reconstruct various images viewed by a >>>> >> person by analyzing changes in their cerebral blood flow. Using a >>>> >> functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine, the researchers >>>> >> first mapped the blood flow changes that occurred in the cerebral visual >>>> >> cortex as subjects viewed various images held in front of their eyes. >>>> >> Subjects were shown 400 random 10 x 10 pixel black-and-white images for >>>> >> a period of 12 seconds each. While the fMRI machine monitored the >>>> >> changes in brain activity, a computer crunched the data and learned to >>>> >> associate the various changes in brain activity with the different image >>>> >> designs. >>>> >> >>>> >> more... >>>> >> >>>> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/12/scientists-extract-images-directly-from- >>>> brain >>>> >> >>> > >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >NetBehaviour mailing list >>> >[email protected] >>> >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > >Simon Biggs >Research Professor >edinburgh college of art >[email protected] >www.eca.ac.uk >www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > >[email protected] >www.littlepig.org.uk >AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk > > >Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number >SC009201 > > > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
