Brain–brain interface
A brain-brain interface is a direct communication pathway between the brain of one animal and the brain of another animal.
Brain to brain interfaces have been used to help rats collaborate with each other. When a second rat was unable to choose the correct lever, the first rat noticed (not getting a second reward), and produced a round of task-related neuron firing that made the second rat more likely to choose the correct lever.[1]
In 2013, Rajesh Rao was able to use electrical brain recordings and a form of magnetic stimulation to send a brain signal to Andrea Stocco on the other side of the University of Washington campus.[2]
In 2015, researchers linked up multiple brains, of both monkeys and rats, to form an “organic computer.[3]
References
- ^ "Rats Collaborate Through a Brain-to-Brain Interface". Technologyreview.com. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ "Researcher controls colleague's motions in 1st human brain-to-brain interface". Washington.edu. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ "Researchers Wire Brains Together to Make a Super-Brain". Blogs.discovermagazine.com. Retrieved July 19, 2015.