Brain Scanner Reads Brain, Predicts What We’re Looking At

Washington (dbTechno) - According to researchers, they have been able to figure out a way, using brain scanners and computer models, to “read” visual activity in the brain. This would basically allow researchers to figure out what type of activity is going on in the brain, what you are looking at, etc.

The study was led by Jack Gallant of the University of California, Berkeley.

The way in which they did the brain scanning involved functional magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI. They used the blood flow patterns of the brain to predict what the brain was looking ait in terms of images and such.

Two of the members of Gallant’s team were used in the study. They were shown 1,750 pictures, all different. They were then asked after to select 120 pictures they have not seen before, and predict which picture they will be looking at using the brain scanning.

The study found that the predictions were accurate 72% of the time in one of the volunteers, and 92% in the other.

This is huge and could lead to further advancements very soon.

The study will be published in March in the journal Nature.