We’re seeing major advancements in tech that can decode brain signals, interpreting neural activity to reveal what’s on someone’s mind, what they want to say, or – in the case of a new study – which song they’re listening to.
US researchers have been able to reconstruct a “recognizable version” of a Pink Floyd song based on the pulses of activity moving through a specific part of the brain’s temporal lobe in volunteers as they listened to the hit Another Brick in the Wall Part 1.
While the tune in question did go through some initial processing into a spectrogram form to be more compatible with the brain’s audio processing techniques, the reverse process is impressive in terms of its fidelity.
