"SLYTHERIN!"
Posted on 04/22/2008 1:08:50 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
We've all goofed up and flubbed up things we've previously done time and again.
It turns out the root of these brain farts may be a special kind of abnormal brain activity that begins up to 30 seconds before a mistake even happens.
The solution to such screw-ups could be a kind of mind-reading hat, a device to predict and even prevent mindless errors that can threaten lives.
When people blunder after performing the same task over and over, scientists had suspected that such lapses were due to momentary hiccups in concentration. Still, little was known about what the brain was actually doing before such errors.
To investigate further, the brains of volunteers were scanned as they performed a monotonous task — repetitively pushing buttons that matched images flashed at them.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
The hat will be made of tin foil.
this almost sounds like a creation of those folks over at the halfbakery...
Works until you flip your lid...
It’s the Kerwood Derby!
(I’m showing my age - old Rocky & Bullwinkle gag)
I thought it was just the Matrix resetting...
I remember, if just barely. :)
I could use one of those hats right about now, as I’m falling asleep at my desk.
Does anyone remember the Monty Python “new brain” sketch?
"SLYTHERIN!"
Wonder if they have underpants for that other kind...
“Wonder if they have underpants for that other kind...”
Those would be “asshats.”
When people blunder after performing the same task over and over, scientists had suspected that such lapses were due to momentary hiccups in concentration. Still, little was known about what the brain was actually doing before such errors.
Waht’s that mean?
Oops. I mean wahht’s that mean?
Dang it! Waht’s that —
Oh crap, I give up.
Just wear underwear on your head.
Hege, your enthusiasm notwithstanding, I’m not sure Brain Farts are a bona fida medical condition...
I just don’t see them ever making a viable fashion statement, is all. ;o)
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