Scientists have connected the two brains of rats 'telepathic' electronic communications

The Neurology last week was made a startling discovery: the researchers created an electronic link between the two brains of rats. The experiment showed that the signal from the brain of rat first second rat can help solve a problem in real time, even if the animals are separated by thousands of kilometers.



Krysa- "encoder", trained to perform specific behavioral problems is in Brazil. She clicks on one of the three arms in his cage and he knows that he will receive a reward for it. Brain implant reads her actions from the projection areas of the cerebral cortex of rats and converts them into an electrical signal which is fed by means of neural connections in the brain implant a second rat - "Decoder».

The second rat at this time is in a different cell in the United States. The projection area of ​​her brain processes the signal from the "encoder" and despite the fact that the second rat is trained no action, it uses this information to select from three arms to their cage and right click on it.



The research was led by neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis. Its discovery allows real-time exchange of sensorimotor information. In science, a similar experiment was conducted for the first time, and though it's not quite in the sense of telepathy, as we used to represent its sci-fi movie, but still something very close to it. None of the rat, of course, had no idea of ​​the existence of the other, but their minds have come into contact with each other and were able to "talk." According Nikolesisa what he created - a "new central nervous system, consisting of two brains».

However, while the system is far from perfect. Unprepared rat when receiving input from his training partner chose the right lever in only two cases out of three. It is far from perfect accuracy, but still quite naturally, to exclude the version of random coincidences.

Nikolesis also believes that his discovery - the first step towards the creation of an organic computer or a real "brain network". In the latter case, a combination of intelligences can provide stunning results that one brain is not able to achieve.

via factroom.ru