Name: How to control someone else's arm with your brain
Uploaded: 2015-04-28T15:12:47Z
Duration: 5 min 42 s
Description: Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It's not a parlor trick; it actually works. You have to see it to believe it.

Greg Gage: How to control someone else's arm with your brain

How to control someone else's arm with your brain

Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It's not a parlor trick; it actually works. You have to see it to believe it.

Brain science has long been locked away behind expensive equipment and years of study. With one in five people facing neurological disorders and no cures in sight, early education in neuroscience is more crucial than ever. A simple DIY kit now allows students and amateurs to witness brain signals in action, even making one person's arm move with another's thoughts. Making neuroscience hands-on and accessible could spark a new generation of brain scientists.