Brain waves + Sensors = LOTS OF DATA
I think we are all getting a little ahead of ourselves. Our brain does not operate like a "Film strip". They are having to train these machines on an individual level to understand very strong neural wavelengths. The nuances of an Amygdala are far more subtle than a Hippocampus / Cerebellum exchange.
To put it in a more understandable fashion, the Amygdala is the primary center for emotional response. An example would be Fear, or Arousal. When you experience any stimulus such as arousal, it is first processed by your Amygdala. Once a determination has been made by the Amygdala you then experience a response. In a case of Arousal, the process would work as such:
1)Your optic nerve receives neuro-chemical responses created by your eye from light reflected off a pretty woman.
2)The Occipital Lobe immediately relays this information to your Amygdala.
3)Your Amygdala determines from the neuro-chemical transmission that she is a "hot babe".
4)With this your Amygdala sends a recall request to your Frontal Lobe on past occassions of physiological data related to mating.
5)You then begin to process this information within your temporal lobe so as to imagine this prospective mate in what some would call a "sinful scenario".
6)All the while your Amygdala is sending all the neccessary chemical responses throughout your body to prepare for the deed.
We understand this process because we have the subject in a controlled environment with extremely powerful sensor arrays. We also employ massive CPU banks to process the information piece by piece. We don't yet understand how the brain filters arousal on seeing an attractive woman, from say, her grandmother next to her.
With speaking to one's self though, you are employing cognitive -or- voluntary motor functions which are a much more potent response. The best example I have been taught is to imagine a firefight. You hear the reports of small arms fire clattering all about you. The noise is almost indistinguishable from one another. Then the .50 cal starts unloading, and you know exactly what it is and where it is.
I am sorry but technology won't allow precise "mind reading" for quite some time. We just do not have the computing power, or the electronic sensor technology to distinguish the "finer" functions of our brain. I am not saying this will never be possible though. Today's science is yesterday's magic.
-Doc Z
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