My open source brain data

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by mattangriffel • 12 years ago

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smanuel• 12 years ago

Cool project. I think it would be really cool if you try to interpolate some EEG data (collected through MyndPlay, Emotiv or sth else).

ehurrell• 12 years ago

This would definitely elevate this project to something really noteworthy, I've a friend who works with EEG data who would absolutely love this. Chances are the data would be too noisy to be useful (from experience this is one of the biggest problems with collecting data from the human brain, there's a lot going on) but you never know til you experiment.

mrfusion3• 12 years ago

I'd suggest to record all of the foods you eat each day. Just a quick list. Also total calories would be interesting, and exercise.

I tracked diet, and my estimates of mental functions for a while and surprisingly found that strawberries increased my mood considerably. Of course I could just be bad at statistics :-(

epaladin2• 12 years ago

Did you harbor affection for strawberries beforehand?

mrfusion3• 12 years ago

I guess I've always liked them. Do you think that would make a difference?

I noticed they're high in vitamin C so I was thinking maybe it was related to that.

butler14• 12 years ago

It's an interesting test for sure. I do similar with brain training on the 3DS, and though I've always been mindful of the various factors affecting my performance, I've never gone the effort of mapping them vs. my results.

As noted, as long as you don't start drawing any conclusions before you've played consistently to eliminate practice effects (getting better at the games) as best you can, it's fairly interesting and valuable stuff.

mattangriffel• 12 years ago

Hey all, author here. What I'd really like is feedback from statisticians / cognitive scientists about better / less biased ways to perform these tests and the analysis.

My open source brain data

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