Know thyself, with a brain scanner

April 22, 2016

Summary

“Imagine playing a video game controlled by your mind. Now imagine that game also teaches you about your own patterns of stress, relaxation and focus. Ariel Garten shows how looking at our own brain activity gives new meaning to the ancient dictum “know thyself.”

Filmed September 2011 at TEDx Toronto 2011
Uploaded to YouTube on January 26, 2012 by TED

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