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Scientists decode brain signals nearly at speed of perception

February 1, 2016

Using electrodes implanted in the temporal lobes of awake patients, scientists have decoded brain signals at nearly the speed of perception. Analysis of patients' neural responses to two categories of visual stimuli -- images of faces and houses -- enabled the scientists to predict which images the patients were viewing, and when, with better than 95 percent accuracy. Read more at Science Daily