Re: MIND: dreamscaping

From: Chris Hind (chind@juno.com)
Date: Fri Nov 01 1996 - 13:20:22 MST


>We know quite well about what regions are involved at the lower levels,
>according to Henrik there is a group of nuclei in the brainstem that
>regulate sleep and activate dreaming. They do such things as cut off
>sensory input and motor output, and send out the PNO-wave
>(Pontine-something-Occipital wave) that activate the cortex. If there is
>any interest, I'll try to force him to tell me more...

Force him! This would be the *perfect* place to insert a brain-computer
interface although you would stand of risk of perminantly paralyzing the
person if you did it wrong.



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