Brain Activity Decoder, No Pain Molecules and Psych Tech

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4.6 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Today you’ll learn how AI might be able to read your mind, what we can learn from a woman who doesn’t feel any physical pain, and a new app that aims to change our approach to mental health treatment.

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Brain Activity Decoder

“Brain Activity Decoder Can Reveal Stories in People’s Minds.” n.a. 2023.
- https://news.utexas.edu/2023/05/01/brain-activity-decoder-can-reveal-stories-in-peoples-minds/
“A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading.” by Oliver Whang. 2023.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/science/ai-speech-language.html

No Pain Molecules

“Study Reveals Unique Molecular Machinery of Woman Who Can't Feel Pain.” n.a. 2023.
- https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/may/study-reveals-unique-molecular-machinery-woman-who-cant-feel-pain
“Molecular basis of FAAH-OUT-associated human pain insensitivity.” by Hajar Mikaeili, et al. 2023.
- https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awad098/7169317?login=false

Psychiatry Tech

“Tech Platform to Revolutionize Psychiatric Care Developed by CI MED Student and Harvard Team.” by Beth Hart. 2023
- https://medicine.illinois.edu/news/tech-platform-to-revolutionize-psychiatric-care-developed-by-ci-med-student-and-harvard-team
“The State Of Mental Health In America.” MHA. 2023.
- https://mhanational.org/issues/state-mental-health-america
“‘Asynchronous Telemedicine’ a CI MED RISE Seminar featuring Aditya Vaidyam.” YouTube Video. 2023.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuCa74jFNCI

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff.
0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:14.0	welcome to Curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.8	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn how AI might be able to read your mind.
0:24.0	What we can learn from a woman who doesn't feel any physical pain, and a new app that aims to
0:29.2	change our approach to mental health treatment.
0:31.7	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:35.0	Think of a number between 1 and 10.
0:39.0	Okay, got it.
0:40.0	Is it 7?
0:42.0	How did you guess that?
0:44.0	I did?
0:45.0	Yes, no way.
0:46.0	Wait, are you a wizard?
0:48.0	Uh, I guess I am?
0:50.0	Either I have ESP or I'm an AI because check this out.
0:54.4	Researchers at the University of Texas in Austin recently published a study in the journal
0:58.9	Nature Neuroscience that explains how they used MRI scans and a large language model AI to read people's minds.
1:06.0	No. Yes. Okay, so now robots know what we're thinking?
1:11.0	Well, okay, we're not quite there yet, but this is actually
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