{"id":11107,"date":"2020-11-21T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=11107"},"modified":"2020-12-18T14:16:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T21:16:31","slug":"brain-decoder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2020\/11\/21\/brain-decoder\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Decoder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/emerging-tech\/2020\/11\/army-funded-algorithm-decodes-brain-signals\/170083\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from NextGov<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Army-Funded Algorithm Decodes Brain Signals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The algorithm is part of an effort to eventually establish a machine-brain interface.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/voices\/mila-jasper\/15975\/?oref=ng-post-author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mila Jasper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dreamscape - 1984\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P3vcSLNH_94?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But researchers funded by the U.S. Army developed a machine-learning algorithm that can model and decode these signals,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/240796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to a Nov. 12 press release<\/a>. The research, which used standard brain datasets for analysis, was recently published in the journal&nbsp;<em>Nature Neuroscience<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur algorithm can, for the first time, dissociate the dynamic patterns in brain signals that relate to specific behaviors and is much better at decoding these behaviors,\u201d Dr. Maryam Shanechi, the engineering professor at the University of Southern California who led the research, said in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Hamid Krim, a program manager at the Army Research Office, part of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command\u2019s Army Research Laboratory, told&nbsp;<em>Nextgov&nbsp;<\/em>Shanechi and her team used the algorithm to separate what they call behaviorally relevant brain signals from behaviorally irrelevant brain signals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis presents a potential way of reliably measuring, for instance, the mental overload of an individual, of a soldier,\u201d Krim said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/emerging-tech\/2020\/11\/army-funded-algorithm-decodes-brain-signals\/170083\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at NextGov.com<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from NextGov Army-Funded Algorithm Decodes Brain Signals The algorithm is part of an effort to eventually establish a machine-brain interface. By\u00a0Mila Jasper But researchers funded by the U.S. Army developed a machine-learning algorithm that can model and decode these signals,&nbsp;according to a Nov. 12 press release. 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