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Infrared Brain Scan May Help To Read Kids Mind Who Can't Speak or Move
"Preference is the basis for everyday decisions," Luu says. When children with disabilities can't speak or gesture to control their environment, they may develop a learned helplessness that impedes development.
In future, Luu envisions creating a portable, near-infrared sensor that rests on the forehead and relies on wireless technology, opening up the world of choice to children who can't speak or move.
Her work is part of Tom Chau's body-talk research, which aims to give children who are "locked in" by disability a way to express themselves through subtle body processes like breathing pattern, heart rate and brain activity.
Luu notes that the brain is too complex to ever allow decoding of a person's random thoughts. "However, if we limit the context limit the question and available answers, as we have with predicting preference then mind-reading becomes possible."
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