Dear Group,

This was on last month, but you can see some of this
on the links at bottom, and you can still get the DVD
from Discovery Channel.

You have to see it to believe it...

Tom


"MythBusters" turns to BrainMaster for EEG in Mind Control Testing

 

Discovery Channel's MythBusters have built their reputation, and a television career, on bringing serious scientific investigation to some not-so-easy projects.  These experienced special effects engineers and their team have found their place in life by finding the truth about myths, related to everything from fire and electricity to explosions, jumping cars, and homemade weapons.  Their mission is to debunk, prove, or otherwise conclude what can be said about myths and legends using experiments, simulations, and (sometimes unbelievable) tests, and they do it with creativity and zeal.  

 

When they decided to study "Mind Control" myths first hand, they needed a serious professional quality EEG that was easy to use, dependable, and accurate, and provided instant research-quality results, documentation, and statistics.  After consulting with EEG expert Cindy Keerson of Marin Biofeedback, they knew that the BrainMaster was what they were looking for.

 

In the "Mind Control" episode, they studied four claims regarding mind control devices: Electronic Hypnosis, Pulsed Air, Subliminal Messaging, and a Rotating Magnet, all with EEG recordings as well as lab observations on team members whose minds were being "controlled".  They constructed a special shielded chamber, and fitted their subjects with scalp sensors connected to a BrainMaster 2E EEG communicating with a PC running BrainMaster software outside the chamber.  The scalp EEG sensors were placed over the sensorimotor strip at standard 10-20 locations C3 and C4, and referenced to the individual ears providing clear, 2-channel "monopolar" recordings.  The software produced real-time raw and filtered EEG waveforms plus a live spectral array display, as well as detailed automatic session summaries of 8 frequency bands per channel (time-series amplitudes, frequencies, percent energy, coherence, etc).  When they tested the system by banging on the chamber door, producing a clea
 r startle response in the EEG, the team concluded, "The system is working."

 

The team recorded EEG's during all of their Mind Control tests, and used the both the live and summarized brainwave data to help fortify their conclusions.  The BrainMaster system provided hard scientific data that was used in addition to the subjects' reports and behavior, when making final conclusions.  In one case, for instance (Subliminal Messaging), it was the EEG data that convinced the investigators that the lab observations were just by chance (his nose was itching), to reach a conclusion of "not confirmed".

 

You'll have to get the episode for yourself, available at the following URL:

 

http://shopping.discovery.com/product-60391.html

 

It is very educational, stimulating, and entertaining.  For some very brief video clips (without sound) of the episode, try the links below, just to see what it looks like.  To see the entire episode with sound, you'll have to purchase the DVD from the Discovery Channel.  We recommend it, it's worth it.

 

www.brainm.com/news/Intro.gif

www.brainm.com/news/Tori%20Knock.gif

 


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