Event #2

The second event I attended for this class was called “Octopus Brainstorming: Mind to Mind Communication” by Professor Vesna and Mark Cohen. In the event, my fellow students and I learned of a live experiment that explores how brainwaves react to music and color. It was fascinating to learn that two individuals have the capability of being compatible with one another during a rave or concert because their brain wave lengths are on the same exact pattern.




During the demonstration of the experiment, two volunteers were asked to come forward and wear headpieces that would track the waves of their brains.




The wave lengths were displayed by the program on a computer that tracked the colors displayed by each individual. If the colors were the same, then it meant the two individuals had the same wave length patterns, but if the colors were completely different then it meant they were not the most compatible. As you can see in the image above, the two individuals did not have the same wave length patterns while wearing the headpieces.





All in all, I would highly recommended for anyone to attend this event because it taught me that the relationship between art and science can create incredible experiments that can teach people so many things about our own minds and relationships with others. I feel this experiment can be extremely useful for other types of advancements in science and art because it can help solve the problems of communication between different species and even understanding how much our own brains influence our choices of music, colors, and relationships with others.


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