Japan brings brainwave technology to a head – answers
true/false/no evidence
- The cat ears are controlled by the wearer’s brain. T: thoughts and emotions
- The device dictates how the wearer must feel. F: it detects how the wearer is feeling
- The ears move in four ways depending on the emotional state of the wearer. T: it picks up the wearer’s emotional state and reacts in to this
- Reading a book causes the ears to flatten. F: the ears swirl around
- The ears help to stimulate brain activity. NE: we don’t have any mention of this
- Real cat-ear movements are very attractive to other cats. F: they are ‘not cute’ they send signals which can be aggressive
- Human perception of cat ear-movements is well researched. NE: we are not told anything about this
- The most difficult part of making the ears was getting the movements just right for human attitudes. T: ‘fine-tuning’ getting the movements just right
- Neuro-control may help patients who are deaf or mute. F: patients who cannot communicate because of ‘Locked-In Syndrome’ where patients are aware but cannot speak or move
- Research in Switzerland in using neuro-control for wheelchair operation has been very successful. NE: we don’t know if this is true or not we only know that they are doing the research
- The Japanese cat ears are not a serious approach to the science. T: they seem ‘trivial’
- People found the cat-ear experience disturbing. F: they found it enjoyable and a new experience