Speaking of Psychology

Reading minds using brain scans, with Kenneth Norman, PhD

Sep 21, 2022

41:28

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How Do We Decode Our Brains?

03:27

How to Measure Your Attention With a Computer, Right?

04:49

Are There Other Practical Uses for This?

02:20

Introduction

2min

How Do We Decode Our Brains?

3min

How to Train a Pattern Classifier to Decode a Scene in a Tv Episode

2min

Femor Eye - What's Changed in Recent Years?

5min

Are There Other Practical Uses for This?

2min

How to Train People to Pay Attention

2min

How to Decode Attentional Lapse in Depression

4min

Is It a Diagnosis?

5min

Why You Shouldn't Use a Brain Scanner

6min

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Is There a Universal Thought Decoder?

5min

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How to Measure Your Attention With a Computer, Right?

5min

The idea of a machine that can read your thoughts sounds more like science fiction than actual science. But in recent years, it’s come closer to reality. Kenneth Norman, PhD, of Princeton University, talks about how scientists decode thoughts from patterns of brain activity, what we can learn about thinking, learning and memory from this research, how it could be useful in mental health treatment, and more.

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