Can Our Minds Be Hacked?
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013A recent episode of Through the Wormhole explored that question. They examined how experts can ask questions and read eye blinks to figure out which playing card was drawn from a deck, use an fMRI machine to build up a dictionary that maps brain states to the things we see in the world and use a neurofeedback device to help us achieve peak performance and learn new skills 230% faster.
The work on neurofeedback for peak performance is being done by Advanced Brain Monitoring. In the show they demonstrate how their neurofeeback device can be used to help amateurs mimic the brains states of an expert archer to accelerate skill development in using a bow and arrow. The device is shown to the right. Note the clip at the neck line. For learners, it sends a haptic signal to let them know when they have achieved the expert/flow brain state.
They are also using the device in number of other domains including improving teamwork in complex settings.
Definitely not an off the shelf solution but it is ready made for research oriented cognitive designers.
