LISTENING TO THE DYNAMIC BRAIN

fMRI data converted to musical sound. The brain is divided into seven distributed regions of joint activity, known as "Independent Components." Two techniques for sonification play. In the first, each component is assigned a tone, which varies in loudness with the degree of activity in the corresponding brain regions. In the second, each component is assigned an octave, and the pitch varies within the octave according to the the degree of activity in the corresponding brain component. The latter approach exploits melody -- repeating dynamic temporal forms -- as a means of encoding complex information over time.
NOTE: Since this video was first posted, the brainmusic project has attracted the interest of the independent documentary film maker Elisa da Prato. To check the status of the feature-length film (and to support the project), see http://musicofthehemispheres.com/
The "mind as music" hypothesis finds empirical support in this open source paper:
http://www.frontiersin.org/theoretical_and_philosophical_psychology/10.3389/f...

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[IfZen]

@iplaytehbasspipes

I would like to know that too !

Did you receive any answer or have any clue so far (9 month ...))?

Thanks

@dlloyd1984

Piano version is very interesting !

[iplaytehbasspipes]

do you have a specific program that allows you to do this? or do you simply read a fMRI printout and render it as a midi track in a DAW program? I'm very interested in doing something like this.

[MrSteavy]

HOW MANY MILES THOSE DYNAMIC BRAIN LISTENING DASHBOARDS CAN DISPLAYS THE BRAIN SIGNALS? WHO IS THEIR VENDOR? IT DOESN'T MATTER ANY ROYALTIES ON THE ENTIRED WORLD. FOR WHAT CURRENCIES THEY USING ALL THOSE BRAIN IMPLANTS?

[dieunous]

I like the sound of this. It wakes me up and makes me feel more alert.