WELCOME
WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY, THE HUMAN BRAIN IS DEFINITELY ONE
OF THE MOST COMPLICATED PARTS
OF THE BODY BUT A NEW BOOK SAYS
THAT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
THE BRAIN COULD HAVE MAJOR
POSITIVE IMPACT ON SOCIETY
ELECTRIC RING TAKES HER DEEPER
LOOK AT THE IMPORTANCE OF BRAIN
WAVES AND WHAT THEY CAN TELL
YOU ABOUT THE WAY YOU LEARN AND
YOUR PERSONALITY OFFICE DR. R
DOUGLAS FIELDS JOINS ME NOW
HOW ARE YOU I AM WELL, THANK YOU
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. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT BRAIN WAVES
AND WHY THEY MATTER SO MUCH .
>>> THESE WAVES OF
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF
RADIATING OUT OF YOUR BRAIN AND
MY BRAIN AND WILL FOR ENTIRE
LIFE THEY CAN BE PICKED UP BY
AN ELECTRODE ON YOUR SCALP AND
FED INTO A COMPUTER.
BUT, THESE WAVES CHANGE THE
COGNITIVE STATE, AND OUR
THOUGHTS AND OUR INTENTIONS.
SO BY READING BRAIN WAVES,
SCIENTISTS CAN DIAGNOSE
NEUROLOGICAL ILLNESSES MORE
RECENTLY, ALSO DIAGNOSTIC
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MENTAL
ILLNESSES LIKE ADHD AND
SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION
AND TREAT THOSE WITHOUT DRUG BY
MODIFYING BRAINWAVE .
>>> HOW DO YOU MODIFY A
BRAINWAVE?
BRAINWAVE? >> NEURO- FEEDBACK, STIMULATION
OF THE BRAIN, FLASHING LIGHTS TO
CLEAR DATA OUT OF THE BRAIN IS
A SCENE IN THE MOST RECENT
RESEARCH .
RESEARCH . >>> THAT'S AMAZING AND
CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY THAT
PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE IT SOUNDS
LIKE IT HAS A PROMISING FUTURE
PERHAPS .
PERHAPS .
PERHAPS . >> YES AND IN ADDITION TO THIS,
YOU CAN UNITE BRAIN WAVES WITH
MACHINES AND YOU CAN PICK UP
BRAIN WAVES FROM ONE PERSON AND
TRANSLATE THEM INTO THE BRAIN
OF THE OTHER PERSON IN CONTROL
THE PERSON'S BEHAVIOR.
YOU CAN EVEN DO THIS ACROSS
SPECIES .
SPECIES .
SPECIES . >>> WHAT ? ACROSS SPECIES .
>>> YOU CAN MAKE A RATTAIL FLEX
LIKE PICKING A BRAINWAVE BUT
THE IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR
PROSTHETIC DEVICES AND
EVERYTHING FROM A MOTORIZED
WHEELCHAIR TO A FIGHTER DRONE
AND PROPHETIC LENS .
>>> THAT'S AMAZING
>> WHY DID YOU WRITE THE
ELECTRIC BRAIN? WHAT IS IN YOUR
THAT WE CAN TAKE AWAY HIS
LAYPEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND?
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS, THINGS
THAT ONE OF THE MOST
INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THIS
IS THAT BEING ABLE TO MONITOR
ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN THE
BRAIN, GIVE INSIGHT INTO HER
COGNITIVE ABILITIES TALK ABOUT
DISEASE AND YOUR BRAIN CAN BE
MEASURED FOR FIVE MINUTES WHAT
YOU DO NOTHING BUT LET YOUR
MIND WANDER .
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF
RAIN YOU HAVE THAT CAN DETERMINE
THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
ARE AND WHAT YOUR IQ IS AND HOW
WILL YOU CAN LEARN DIFFERENT
THINGS YOU CAN MEASURE
ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN THE
PRESCHOOL CHILD RAIN TO PREDICT
HOW WELL THAT BOY OR GIRL WILL
READ WHEN THEY GET TO SCHOOL .
>>> SOME OF THE PIONEERING WORK
IS BEEN DONE RIGHT HERE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON I
VISITED THAT LAB AND DESCRIBE
THAT WORK WHERE THEY HACKED MY
BRAIN .
BRAIN .
BRAIN . >>> WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU?
>> TO DOCTORS AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON WERE DOING
RESEARCH WITH A CLAIMED THAT
THEY COULD MEASURE YOUR BRAIN
WAVES FOR FIVE MINUTES WHAT YOU
DID NOTHING BUT LET YOUR MIND
WANDER THEN, PREDICT WHAT THE
SECOND LANGUAGE SO I CHALLENGE
HER TO DO THAT WITH THE JUST
WATCHING AND DOING RESEARCH
WORK IS NOW BEEN PUBLISHED SO
SHE PUT ELECTRODES ON MY BRAIN
THAT SHE LET ME SIT THERE
RIGHTLY AND THEN CAME BACK AND
STARTED ANALYZING THE WAY FOR
MENTIONS OF OVER TO ME AND SAYS
I THINK YOU'RE AN AMERICAN
BECAUSE, NOT SO GOOD WITH THE
LANGUAGE APPARENTLY .
>> I STUDIED GERMAN AND SPANISH
IN COLLEGE BUT CREEPY TO HAVE
SOMEBODY HACK YOUR BRAIN TO
THINK HOW THIS IS GOING TO
TRANSFORM EDUCATION AND CAREER
CHOICES .
CHOICES .
CHOICES . >>> IF THIS IS THE FUTURE, THE
GENIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE .
>> BUT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL
THIS .
THIS .
THIS . >>> WELL GOOD QUESTION.
WE HAVE KIND OF ALREADY FACE
THAT WITH THE MEDICAL DIAGNOSES
YOU WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE
THE GENE FOR BREAST CANCER OR
ALZHEIMER'S.
ALZHEIMER'S. IN THE SAME WAY YOU CAN MONITOR
ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN SAY THE
CHILD IS GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE
READING THIS YOU CAN BEGIN TO
INTERVENE AND DO SOMETHING THE
SAME WAY IF YOU HAVE CLUSTER OF
READING AND 11 THEY SAY ARE
GOING TO GET A STROKE IF YOU
DON'T DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD
BE USED IN THE FUTURE .
>>> SO BCI TECHNOLOGY, BRAIN
ACTIVITY INTERFACE WHY IS IT
IMPORTANT?
IMPORTANT? >> WE CONNECT THE BRAIN TO
COMPUTERS AND COMPUTERS TO THE
BRAIN SO WE CAN CONTROL
PROSTHETIC LIMBS AND MANY
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPINAL CORD
INJURY AND IMPLANTS IN THE
BRAIN THAT CAN CONTROL
PROSTHETIC DEVICES.
PROSTHETIC DEVICES. IT'S AMAZING THAT BEYOND THIS
ASPECT PEOPLE ARE COURAGEOUS,
THEY'VE GONE THROUGH BRAIN
SURGERY TO HAVE THE IMPLANT IN
THE PLANE TO TRY TO HELP OTHER
PEOPLE .
PEOPLE .
PEOPLE . >> THAT IS THE FUTURE OF PEOPLE
WITH ALS AND CANNOT COMMUNICATE
BY USING THEIR THOUGHTS .
>>> SO YOU HIKED UP MOUNTAINEER
THE FIRST OF ALL THAT'S
IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE IT NOT THAT
EASY, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DONE
IT BUT IT'S NOT EASY AND YOU
WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE
ALTITUDE DID TO OUR BRAIN, WHAT
DID YOU FIND OUT
>> .
>> .
>> . >>
>> . >> THERE YOU ARE.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU FULL
CREDIT .
CREDIT .
CREDIT . >>> SO, A LITTLE BIT BACKUP
HERE IS WHY DON'T WE KNOW WHO
DISCOVERED BRAINWAVE QUESTION
MARK WHAT IF IT'S A SHE?
>> IT'S NOT .
>>> IT'S AT A TIME WHEN WOMEN
WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO SCIENCE,
TURN OF THE 19th CENTURY.
SO, AS A LABORATORIES AROUND
THE WORLD TO RESEARCH THE
HISTORY AND TO THE PEOPLE AND
ONE PERSON TO FIRST DISCOVERED
AND STUDIED PHYSICAL CHANGE OF
THE BRAIN, A DIFFERENT EFFECT
AN INTERESTING ALTITUDE BUT
THIS WAS IN ITALY AND HE
STUDIED PEOPLE WITH CRANIAL
DEFECT SRVICE: WATCH THE BRAIN
SWELL.
SWELL.
SWELL. SO, I WENT TO HIS LAB AND THAT
LED TO STUDIES OF ELECTRICAL
ACTIVITY IN THE BRAIN THAT'S
THE BACK ROUND WHEN I WAS
READING ABOUT THAT ANOTHER
SCIENTIST PUBLISHED A PAPER IN
SPAIN AND HE HAD ANALYZED
CLIMBERS AND CAME BACK DOWN
FROM MOUNT RAINIER AND GAVE
THEM ALL BRAIN SCANS AND OF 13
CLIMBERS ALL OF THEM HAD
PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE .
>>> ACCEPT FOR ONE .
>>> YES EXCEPT