Mind Reading and Writing: The Future of Neurotechnology

Pieter R. Roelfsema; Damiaan Denys; P. Christiaan Klink

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2018.04.001

Mind Reading and Writing: The Future of Neurotechnology

Pieter R. Roelfsema^*
, Damiaan Denys
, P. Christiaan Klink

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Recent advances in neuroscience and technology have made it possible to record from large assemblies of neurons and to decode their activity to extract information. At the same time, available methods to stimulate the brain and influence ongoing processing are also rapidly expanding. These developments pave the way for advanced neurotechnological applications that directly read from, and write to, the human brain. While such technologies are still primarily used in restricted therapeutic contexts, this may change in the future once their performance has improved and they become more widely applicable. Here, we provide an overview of methods to interface with the brain, speculate about potential applications, and discuss important issues associated with a neurotechnologically assisted future.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	598-610
Number of pages	13
Journal	Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Volume	22
Issue number	7
Early online date	2 May 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2018.04.001
Publication status	Published - Jul 2018

Funding

This work was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO; VENI grant 451.13.023, P.C.K.; ALW grant 823-02-010, P.R.R.) and the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (grant agreement 7202070 ‘Human Brain Project SGA1’, P.R.R.; European Research Council (ERC) grant agreement 339490 ‘Cortic_al_gorithms’, P.R.R.). We thank Victor Lamme for insightful comments during the early phases of writing. This work was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO; VENI grant 451.13.023 , P.C.K.; ALW grant 823-02-010 , P.R.R.) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (grant agreement 7202070 ‘Human Brain Project SGA1’, P.R.R.; European Research Council (ERC) grant agreement 339490 ‘Cortic_al_gorithms’, P.R.R.). We thank Victor Lamme for insightful comments during the early phases of writing.

Funders	Funder number
European Research Council
Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	785907, 7202070
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek	823-02-010, 451.13.023
European Commission	339490

Keywords

augmented cognition
brain–computer interface
consciousness
mind-reading
neurotechnology
stimulation

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