How to control someone else's arm with your brain | Greg Gage
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Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It’s not a parlor trick; it actually works. You have to see it to believe it.
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"Brain is the most important part of the body"- Brain
Loool
Master-n-Teach GF no
@@master-n-teachvirgo8557 2nd to?
@@master-n-teachvirgo8557 nope heart can be raplaced,but brain(me/you)cannot be changed.
*I used the brain to create a comment about the importance of the brain*
2019: Hacking computers. 2050: Hacking other humans.
Still today and in the past... I am a victim of it
*2077
@@FM-zh5hm Why 2077? why not 2050
@@touchkidxd4585 Cyberpunk
2077 America, 2050 Russia
My wife can control me even without this device
😂😂
Lmao
what an legend
Lol
She would still be a Fan of this,since she doesnt need to Touch U anymore,to get Ur Wood beaten tho
I was attending the online school, but this seem more important
haha same
@@noble554 pm
@@musixmaxpb868 thx im stupid.
@@noble554 no problem, everyone is stupid in this world ( in their own way)
same
stop hitting yourself
***** Unfortunately to pull this off the controller also has to hit himself as well.
Maxim Tsai So if the controller is weak then it should all be good.
Maxim Tsai The controller just have to do a near miss and position it right where the receiver's head is ;)
***** Lol, bullying of the future. Kinda feel sorry form them.
***** Because it is science, and sadly most people are watching useless things. Just a few like to watch this kind of info.
"Why are you hitting yourself?" Imagine the POWER
but you would have to hit yourself too xD
@@justAEtherWisp Ahaha yeah lol
Emma Collins i hade the same joke! damn you funnier person!
@@justAEtherWisp Tell that to Magneto
@@tabbyarts3670 alright
3:58 "Just like marriage"
local o lakes
Oh man 😂😂😂😂
Underrated
lmaoooo
Brilliant 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ah finally, something that is worth watching during 3am
It's 1000% fake bro 😂
That was 5 years ago... ...Imagine what they're doing now...
Now they're trying to make sure we don't all die
Putting microchips in our brains
Now we're literally in the future with flying cars and intelligent google robot 😂
probably introducing new emoji
Hive mind 2030
The arm is a paid actor
actually it's a crisis limb actor... get it right )
Bruh
definitely, if not then ask him to close gis eyes and ask the lady to do that randomly.
@@gh0ulitar r/wooosh. He deleted his comment . wooosh confirmed.
@@gh0ulitar No u😎
I loved the way you demonstrated to us. It was quite easily understandable.Thanks for it and bring some more interesting and science related videos like this one.
when I watch TED... I feel like I am the most genius person in my class 😏😏
While actually not
yes nothing creepy about watching someone named TED in your class lol
“Move your arm” “Okay” How to move someone’s arm with your brain
You told them to Not your brain itself
@@mechanica3616 r/wooooosh
@@hoummoussa3538 r/ihavereddjt
@@darvinde *r e d d j t*
You sir have made my day
1950: 2019 we will have flying cars 2019: Hacking other humans Better than expected
That was 2015
Also the flat Earth :v
And we also have the flying cars.
Stolen comment
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I worked in the medical field as a phlebotomist when I was in college and a TA showed us this video. It was really interesting to see, do you guys think technology like this could help patient that suffer from muscular dystrophy? Like a physical therapist who could have sessions with their patient in hopes of recovering their muscle? Which could hopefully lead to a faster recovery.
Honestly, it sounds possible.. With more advanced tech, someone could probably invent a way for an entire limb to be controlled. If that was possible, even a quadriplegic person would be able to have their muscles exercised to some extent. That could help people suffering atrophy. I wonder if we will see more medical uses
“I can control your arm with my brain.” -Probably Dwight Schrute
Haha!
i would prefer to control someone’s brain with my arm.
Maybe beat them until they have a concussion
Its called a massage and it can create an addictive feeling if done right.
@@yeetthecakes6720 with engine at rest the Corolla has pumped out luke warm air and needed 10 minutes of driving to get cold air flowing
*clenches fist*
Lol
the brain is weird, my brain is telling me to write that the brain is weird.
There is no "me", dumbass impulses in brain
You ARE the brain.
@@user-hx1lp6fc9r пажилой Дамбасс да да я
@@user-hx1lp6fc9r 👎👎👎
I am telling me to tell myself im weird
Hey Greg--look forward to connecting with you and finding out about the equipment you have available! Loved this video. The potential for more dynamic relationships is amazing, hehehehehe!
I’ve never ever seen something like this that was amazing, mind boggling, unique and just add all the words u can it’s just oooo I don’t have words!!!! And the best part of this is that, knowing that my brain is capable of all of this🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
The brain discovered, named, and dissected itself, and then proclaimed itself the most important organ in the body.
Savage
Well, it's the only organ that can actually do all these things
@@arisnikou04 brain talking
@Miles Dorum his brain said this
@@aartisharma864 ya don't say
*"How to control someone else's arm with your brain"* me: God, forgive for what I'm about to do...
This deserves more likes lol
Oh i get Why didn't i think of that
You dont need any of that fancy tech. Just threaten their family and their life
@@lestercrest4611 how do you now that? o_o
@@EstusEnthusiast with a gun
This was the first episode I watched out of my own interest.. not at school.
This is so much fun ... We want neuroscience in schools and colleges 🙏
Pray or clap?
Rip for those whose brains short circuit
I think it’s patched now...
GamingWithShayan 😂😂😂 I’m dead
Feels bad man i wanted to use it on my sister sleeping
69 likee
Koi- GI-GI it’s a dark joke i know it’s funny
Underrated
Long distance relationships just got a whole lot easier
you'll just need to buy a 200km cable
@@naki5226 21st century is wireless.
@@ghostieeitsohg certified same performence as the wired one
LMAO
More like 2000km
It's just so amazing thing I ever see it blows my mind ... shockly 🤯 ...you are great sir❤🙏
I enjoyed this video. If more people spent time talking and demonstrating like he does learning qould be so much more fun, because learning does not have to be boring.
The joke "stop hitting yourself" just got a *whole* new meaning
I was thinking the same thing
Lul,or beating Ur Wood with psychokinesis of an Stranger
Betty
The future of high-tech bullying.
Hhhhhhhh
Alternative title: Brain says nice things about itself for 6 minutes
Brian?
Timestamp!!!!
@@pheonixnova4383 bro use your Brian
@@chewinggum5550 Brian is a funny guy
@@chewinggum5550 woooosh
This is why I always loved science, def my favorite subject
This could help alot of people who are brain dead or help people whose brains is not working properly great job guys gods speed to u
Hand: moves Crowd: Ah, yes. *C O M E D Y*
KOMEDI
CHU MI DEE
CALL ME DEE
CALL ME DADDY
@@mohamadaskar7521 KADY
3030: how to control someone's else Brain With Your Hand.
Ahahahah this is actually funny XD
Beat the meat.. brain will feel pleasure
Lol
Would love to see
Imagine getting your brain flicked
Wasn’t seem interesting at first, but later it became Gold! 🖤
Leave numericals apart,these demonstrations make me love science.
Him: she’ll take away your free will and you will no longer have any control... My dad: that’s marriage right there.
Truth at its finest 😂😂
🧨🤪🤪
dad is boomer
And the best comment award goes to.... None other than yoan😂😂
😂😂
2019: Florida man robs bank 2030: Florida man hacks other Florida man
2040 Florida man poops still in street
2100: Florida man feeds the Andromeda galaxy to his pet alligator.
@Oslayer30 do you not know what a joke is?
@Oslayer30 jokes dont have to be politically correct, that's what a JOKE is
@r/wooosh me r/wooooooooosh
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Basically, this is TeamViewer in real life.
😂😂yeah you said it.
😂
Now to wait for scammers to scam other people's bodies.
😂😂😂😂
netwire rat
That's really what happens when you get married. The woman will take control of the free will of the man.
Vladimir because the woman is protected by Communist divorce law.
Just don’t marry :P problem solved
Hahahaha absolutely right 😂
🤣
😂😂😂👌
impressive stuff Dr. Gage!
Appreciate you Man 🙌🏻
Nobody: KZhead: hey, want to see how to control someone arm with your brain from 5 YEARS AGO? Me: *yes*
*yes*
These comments are annoying
Sasuke Uchiha yep
Sasuke Uchiha yep
wow, I thought YT did that just to me.
Brain: talks about how important the Brain is Also Brain: laughs on how Brain talks about how important it is
STOP
@@revxnth Hey! Don't need to be so rude.. JUST A GUY WITH HUMOR!
No brain think and mouth and tounge combine talk
Also Brain: thinks about how it can laugh about it talking about how important it is. Also also Brain: thinking about how it can think about a never ending scenario about how it thinks.
@@miajimenez9802 😂😂i was about to type the same...
best recommended video ever
Mind Blowing 🌻
Imagine sitting in the exam, writing answers controlled by others xD
And the person controlling the hands dosen't know the question
@@navneetkumar8108 it'll be a two way communication 😉
*when you order sharingarn from whish*
And the student that controlled your hand is the dumbest of all
F.B.I. Open up
Everyone in the audience was laughing because they knew the endless possibilities of moving someone else's arm with your own will.
Finger up me bum
Im proud that these are the two first things that people thought of.
@@bobvague6587 it is actually real i think you are not caught up to the latest technology even though this is old she is only stimulating it not 100% control its like when you sen electricity and your muscles move but with this her brain choose what muscles to move ofcourse this need alot more research but its getting there
ichi _gt nah man I think your just not caught up with the concept of paid actors I’m not doubting the technology
Bob Vague r/imsmart
really impressing stuff!! i loved it
OMG this experiments show how gullible people are. Sensor on her arm picks up electrical signal and relays that to computer which then sends electrical signal to his arm which contracts his fingers because any electrical stimulation on that area of arm causes fingers to contract ...nothing to do with her brain.
wow this is really amazing
Well... I believe I can finally cure my erectile dysfunction.
😂
OOF
r/KamikazeByWords
U can't cure buddy😁😁
RIP
This technology is already out there. It's called "the marriage"
Seyfettin Sarikaya salvage🤣😂😂😂😂
Controlling a human with others mindis one of the primitive technology that exists till today is technically called as marriage yeah it is true
2015
Böyle bir videoya bir Türk yorumu gerekliydi
I dont get it doesnt the woman have her free will captured too?
this is the most advanced discovery! oneday he is going to be remembered for this!
This guy puts electrodes on my arm, let's see what's going on in your mind.. My mind: aah aah aah aah aah.
Think about disabled people
Yeah right bro....They should focus ln that
Andrea Rovelli like paralyzed people
Not if they are paralysed as their neurons are dead. New artificial neurons may do the work.
@@alice_in_wonderland42 their brain neurons maybe dead but you can control their muscles using someone else's brain....
@@raptorreaper If brain neurons will be dead then they wil be. I am saying that motor nuerons of arms for example may be dead due to Polio virus so you cannot control any body part without motor nuerons. But you can use artificial neurons.
The Government: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN !!
Where do you think they got the grant money to research and develop this technology?
@@JohnPaton3 tax
Charles the french viewer ahhaha.
@@defaultusere8379 you outsmarted his outsmarting.
Charles the french?
this was amazing and beautiful ❤
The brain never ceases to amaze me! That was so cool and amazing!
"The brain never ceases to amaze me! That was so cool and amazing!" -Your brain
@@berrylicious674 LOL you're right haha
Seems like EVERY Ted speaker speaks in the same exact manner.
There is actually a ted talk about that. How to sound smart during a ted presentation or something like that, very funny
Im also curious about that
@@leSingeMajestueux yeah, i watched that
The Ego life ah ah ah finds a way
Mr. Goldblum under his usual alias "Willa Herrera" has entered the thread
Him: I need you to stick out your arm Her: sticks out her arm Me: dang he really can make her arm move
this is gold hahaha
😂
Ha ha 😂😂😂😂😂😂 EXACTLY
this deserves to be seen
Most amazing thing I watched ever
The volunteers are Miguel and Sam?? It's the cobra kai parallel for me😄 Also an incredible thing to witness in this video. I can't imagine how weird it would have felt to have your wrist controlled by someone else
1:44 she already knew she placed her arm ready without Greg to tell him
I dont think they would go to a ted ed talk show without knowing what theyre talking about so of course she would already know as well as everybody else
So u don't believe in science
@@vivo-fj2jn i never said i didnt believe in science, i was saying she placed her arm ready because she knew what the ted talk would be about
@@reecetilley585 he didn't said that to you he said it to the guy who commented the comment
Yeah. Why didn't he ask the boy to close his eyes? Because then, how will he see the girl's hand?
2:37 sounds like minecart on rails
Zitron btw ( he opened minecraft and rode a minecraft be careful we found his secret)
I remember a time I had a headache and when I did I said the "Our Father" prayer and amazingly during that prayer I heard something in my head shift and then my headache started to fade away. I thank The LORD for that. For those who don't know the prayer, part of it is asking for your daily needs.
this is amazing
*Area51: "Get him, quickly"*
I knw huh call the Ghostbusters
Your taking a long time for this but still have the nerve to hide with the magical powder dust just like the ancient time in Egypt and other places like tenoch with the festival's and ceremonies
@@lilianafernandez7329 shut up waffler
Area51 is dumb hoax 🤣
1:44 to 1:46 she knows what he is going to demonstrate.. that's why she put her hand ready even before he asks her
He probably ask them before the talk because he wanted to avoid that weird moment when he has to wait for someone to decide to be a participant, stand up and walk to the stage. And imagine how weird it'd be if nobody wants to go.
@@josepablobermudez6283 may be yes.. but this clip doesn't gives that Feeling..
Science doesn't stand on farce. I saw it too, but I don't think it's that weird tbf
@@cmamallik674 This isn't a magic show bud. People don't come on TED talks to perform tricks. People come to educate, inspire, or bring more attention to the topics they speak about. If this guy says hes a neuro scientist it's because he really is. If he says the technology hes using can do what he demonstrated, it's because it really can.
@@RandyMarshMurica maybe for demonstrating the science and possibilities they might be acting. The show gives a person a platform to imoart knowledge or share experience.. but doesn't vouch for any scientific realities. He just showed how they can control.. nit to do anything with reality or fakeness of any aparatus there
Great work sir👍👍 love from India.
Amazing 👏👏👏👏
2:07 Him: starts speaking science Her : where tf am i?
Ok ignorant
@@dhemermelodias4852 no need to be rude. Using "big words" on a youtube comment is a totally ignorant thing to do. No one cares that you're smarter than them, nor that you think you are
dhemer melodias where did that even come from
"She will take away your free will" - since when she needed science and fancy gadgets to do that?
Nagarjun Roy haha
Lmao
True
lmao anyone that has a wife will understand
*slow clap*
AMAZING!
just amazing
At 1:44 she puts her arm as if she knew how to put. Though the experiment demonstrated is scientifically sound... But she knew how to put the arm before the instructions came.
Probably just told her what to do before
While that could be true, is it so crazy that somebody might have guessed how to put it? Bc I mean, it’s not that uncommon of an arm position..
Ahhh a man of culture I see
She knows what the conversation is about. But looks like you don't know.
thats because volunteers in such talks are usually prepared beforehand. doesnt mean they are acting though.
“The brain is the most important part of the body” My brain: *_mater welon 🍉_*
Nhicken cuggets
Dig bick
Silk Mhake
Yuck fou
Poobs bussy
Wooow really amazing congratulations
Amazing!!!!
1950: we will have flying cars in the future 2019: 2 ads in a row :(
I wasnt expecting that lollll
I Got No Ads... WTF
Only 52 likes?
In one video i got 4 ads in a row all 5 sec so i cant skip them
Of all the meme jokes, that one is the stupidest to say on this video about a revolutionary science
Kinda funny watching the brain study itself.
Bas van de Kleut I just realized that
Fucks sake
Bas van de Kleut the brain named itself
Bas van de Kleut like “wtf i didn’t know i work that way”
Indeed 😂
His reaction at the end was good, His mouth just went like an 'O', And I believed this was the real thing, Not a reenactment. Pretty cool, I myself have wondered if this was possible, Nice to know!🙃👍
Really amazing
Her brain: "Okay". His brain: "Am I a Joke to you."
1850: flying in air is impossible 1920: reaching moon is impossible 1980: controlling others brain is impossible I feel very humiliated by the fact how science made all our impossible imaginations come true and made them very routine
2000's:impossible to reach the speed of light
@@emrebayram1778 well İn 1850 we saw seagulls do it İn 1950 we saw astreoids do it But we saw nothing that can reach the speed of light that light itself
We don't see it yet,it doesn't mean that's not possible
The Wright brothers didn't think it would be possible to fly across the atlantic.
@@majorphysics3669 JC Maxwell didn’t think it will be possible for you type it on your LTE enabled phone.
I hv been avoiding this video for more than a year and now here I, 🤩
That's awesome!
Professional arm wrestlers *I’m about to end this whole man’s career*
lol that's actually very funny comment!
Underrated comment
@@usman_khan_xiix5845 True, I can't stop laughing each time i imagine wrestlers doing their stupid moves and the other linked person doing nothing, no brain no pain xD
Didn't understand 😅
@@witheeeeeerx do you understand now
10 years later: how to control some one’s brain with yours
Lol
Lmao
Rifty is spiffy
That's sadly not absurd Although it's fun if you can, it's called mentalism Not different than a hypnotherapist really But what I was saying is the way things are evolving, we're probably gonna be able to do that through technology, and the cell phones and all that are spied today all the time, what's gonna prevent the same from happening?
gonçalo Baia are you saying that in the future possibly we can do this with phones?
It would be great if they made a device that lets you feel someone else's pain. When someone visits their doctor and has a hard time explaining the pain, the doctor could attach the device to the patient and himself so the doctor can better understand what the patient is feeling which would help the doctor to better treat the patient. Another use I see for this technology is when a cop arrests someone, the cop could attach the device to himself and the criminal and control the criminal to get in the cop car and go to jail peacefully without resisting arrest.
"The brain is a amazing and complex organ" - Says the brain.
He's being a bit deceptive. The device IS reading the electric signals from her body, but the same signal ISN'T being sent to him. It simply shocks his nerve when it detects a signal from her. He could have just hooked the male up to something that delivers an electric shock by pressing a button and the results would be the same. This is also why his hand doesn't move in the same manner as hers, it just simply moves.
BoxOfDemons agree. but it is a step in a direction, none the less.
BoxOfDemons It's not exactly like a button, more like an extremely crude version of the "full" version. If you could do this with Participant A's neurons mapped to Participant B's neurons, A's mind would have full control over the other's body. Obviously, he does not have the time or the budget to do that, so given a five-minute setup, it's still pretty impressive.
BoxOfDemons This is true, and I wish they wouldn't be quite as deceptive with this type of research. I'm sure they could have set it up with her leg and his arm and still gotten similar result. When the guy moved her hand, anyone expecting the other guy's hand to move wasn't paying any attention to how it worked, but then he goes and says no it's her brain moving his arm.
BoxOfDemons It would have been the same signal amplified and relayed, but as the electrodes were just slapped on they wouldn't be focussed and and wouldn't have an exact mirror effect. If the pair had signed up for surgery to have electrodes directly attached to their ulnar nerve then she could probably have controlled his last couple of digits individually with that technique. That would be a bit extreme for a Ted talk demonstration, I think. :) The ulnar nerve only controls the last couple of digits, so although she was moving her whole hand, the given signal only had an effect on a couple of his fingers. A plain shock to the arm at that point would have produced a very different result from what was seen. I was impressed by the demonstration.
BoxOfDemons Right! He is also being deceptive when he claims he is recording single motor units with the surface electrodes. In order to do that, wire electrodes would need to be inserted into the muscle. What is being recorded here is the muscle's electromyographic activity, which is not a brain signal per se.
also greg: *SO THIS IS THE FUTURE OF NEURAL BRIDGE DRIFT OF PAFICIC RIM*
Haha! Good comment!
Haahhahahahha
We're drift compatible.
@@chubbomash8085 Yeah, nice one lol
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL ,
that was awesome.
1:44 why did she raise her arm before he told her to do so?
+Júlio Maranhão Then why did he ask what their names were?
***** I believe the video, but I don't see what my belly has to do with this?
***** Haha. Thank you for believing in my belly.
+Júlio Maranhão _"But only YOU know the truth."_ Are you serious? The statement doesn't apply here.
+Xe M It could be an un/deliberate "mirroring" (often used deliberately in Neuro Linguistic Programming ) he had been holding his arm in EXACTLY that position for some seconds before (she was possibly subconsciously mirroring his posture). If you watch again you will notice both their arms go down at almost the same time. (the leader becomes the lead - especially when it's accidental) Watch from 1:38 see what I mean?
Should have tried this on stephen hawking
Fr
Too bad he’s dead now lol
catalin frate his wifi was weak
Rest easy big guy😩💀
Genius
Really exellent