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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Cairo - Hazem Badr

Decoding Brain Waves Helps Identify Music, New Study Suggests

This undated image of the human brain was taken through scanning technology. REUTERS/FILE

A new technique created by researchers at the University of Essex for monitoring brain waves can identify the music someone is hearing. The study was published on January 19, in the journal Scientific Reports.

The researchers hope the project could lead to helping people with severe communication disabilities such as locked-in syndrome or stroke sufferers by decoding language signals within their brains through non-invasive techniques.

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