Another science-fiction technique from the neuroscientists. We now have 'brain fingerprinting' – a way of assessing guilt in criminal cases by monitoring brain activity as suspects are asked about their crimes. Much harder to fool than a standard lie detector, which requires people to be stressed by lying, this new technique uses the involuntary electrical signal in the brain known as a P300 wave.
Here’s an idea for all those into using music to get your head into the right space for meditation or de-stressing (or studying?): a new application under development creates music in response to the listener’s physiological state, thus setting up a sort of positive feedback cycle, with music and listener drawing each other deeper into the desired mood.
Why time flies when you are having fun - and drags when you are bored. Brain scans show that patterns of activity in the brain change depending on how we focus on a task. Specifically, the more subjects paid attention to time passing, the more activity occurred in a network of brain regions called the cortico-striatal loop. [
BBC article]
