The content of thoughts cannot be determined using conventional methods, neither with an EEG nor with other measurements of brain activity, said neuroscientist Gyula Kovács from the University of Jena in Germany. However, the development of cutting-edge technologies and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) make this possible, at least to a limited extent.
Jena. AI is “the most important development in the last few years for the analysis of EEG data,” he continued. It makes it possible to make certain parts of consciousness visible. “That was absolutely impossible before.” For example, it is possible to track whether someone has seen a series or not, or whether someone recognizes a person. The ethical question must be asked as to how far the technology should be used at all.
EEG expert Jan Rémi, director of the Munich Epilepsy Center, also said: “We are still a long way from being able to read minds. But I do believe that in the next few years we will be able to tell whether someone is lying or not.” EEG signals with their hundreds and thousands of waves offer countless analysis options that might be better evaluated in the future with the help of AI.
An EEG records the electrical activity of the brain. The first recording was made by the psychiatrist Hans Berger 100 years ago – on July 6, 1924 – in Jena. Previously, similar recordings had already been made in animals.
