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Conjoined twins hint at brain interface

The thalamus may be the key for telepathic communication

25-Jul-2018

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Conjoined twins have separate brains but can communicate thoughts.

They see able to see or feel each other's sensory input.

FMRI showed connection via a single passage to the thalamus.

The two million neurons can convey emotion, awareness and sensation.

"We can have telepathic communication ... of all our cognitive awareness."

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Phillip Alveda

Educator, technology and industry innovator and founder and CEO at Brainworks

Rice University

Private research university in Houston, Texas

Yale University

Private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut

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Brain Interface