Grasp the melody. Scientists have learned to transfer music from dreams to the real world (video)

We all have dreams. Some remember them, some wake up from nightmares, and some forget everything as soon as they wake up. Science Alert writes that our dreams are often accompanied by a variety of music, and researchers believe we may soon be able to transfer them to the real world.

The startup team called REMspace has developed a combination of hardware and software that can convert a melody played with hand gestures into a recorded melody.

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Remember that the entire system is based on the practice of lucid dreaming: knowing that you are dreaming while you sleep. Researchers have spent decades trying to unravel the process by which information is transferred to and from the brain during lucid dreaming.

People are known to remain blocked during sleep due to loss of normal muscle activity; Simply put, we physically cannot play the guitar or press the keyboard. However, sleepers can be taught to move while they sleep, as the team did in the new study.

The study authors note that four lucid dreamers were trained to reproduce musical rhythms by tensing their arm muscles, which were previously equipped with electromyography (EMG) sensors. Recipients were then asked to have lucid dreams and then repeat the task under supervision in the laboratory.

It was noted that study participants were taught to play the rhythm of Queen’s “We Will Rock You” using hand movements while they were still awake. As a result, three out of four people were able to maintain rhythm during sleep. The signals were then processed by a special program to interpret the beat and recreate the rhythm of the song. Scientists found that in some cases, hand movements were too weak to be detected, but three successful recordings were made in total.

The team only used a two-note rhythm in their study, but the scientists are confident that over time they will be able to improve the technology and teach receivers to play more complex songs. After all, buyers are expected to be able to play the melody even on instruments.

Scientists also state that for this to be possible, people need to practice lucid dreaming. Moreover, statistics show that the majority of people on the planet have never had the experience of lucid dreaming.

Until this technology is further developed, if you want to remember dream tunes, you’ll have to hum the tune in a recording app as soon as you wake up; but this study shows there is a lot of potential here.

Previously Focus He wrote that the 10 most common nightmares according to science were named.