Friday, October 29, 2010

Device That Records and Interprets Dreams

After i watched christopher nolan's inception i've been seriously thinking whether its possible in Real time to record dreams and to intrude into one's dream. The answer may lie in near future as scientists made a significant step as researchers made a device capable of Recording higher brain activity .in near future it would be possible to read people's dream and intrept them.

Its not thing from science fiction movie or a animated comic story(i saw one episode of japanese cartoon "doremon" in which ,the main character reads the dream record it and shows to his friends with help of gadget).
The day may not be far when this would be possible. Its been a mystery for scientists how dreams are occurred when they do occur !!
Perhaps this latest discovery can answer these questions.


Now after so much of research a us scientist Dr.Moran Cerf claims its possible to electronically record and analyse dreams. For centuries people have been fascinated by dreams and what they are.why do the occur. What does they mean.In ancient period they believe that dreams were the messages to them sent by god.
Till now psychologists have been using dream analysis as a tool to understand The subconscious mind.but it does.nt provide any info.the only way to know about dream is to question the person.But the aim of cerf's project is to develop a system that would enable psychologist to corroborate people's recollection of their dream with an electroic visualisation of their brain activity.

In Mr.cerf paper he suggested that the activity of individual brain cells or neurons are associated to specific objects or concepts .his study found when ever a Person thinks of something,a particular neuron lit up.they made a huge database for each patient in order to identify neurons for wide range of objects and concepts .by observing which brain cell lit up and when cerf and his team were able to read the subjects minds. Soon or later all questions why humans dream,when do we dream will be answered this could be a major turn up in study of dreams.:-)


source :nature

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