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Bungee jumping for science: Readiness potential measured outside lab for first time
- March 01, 2019
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Immediately before a person decides to launch themselves off a bridge for a bungee jump, there is a measurable increase in their brain activity. This can be recorded nearly one second before the person makes the conscious decision to jump. Researchers have, for the first time, succeeded in measuring this 'Bereitschaftspotential' (readiness potential) outside a laboratory and under extreme conditions.
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"Bungee jumping for science: Readiness potential measured outside lab for first time", MachPrinciple, March 01, 2019, https://machprinciple.com/post/Bungee-jumping-for-science-Readiness-potential-measured-outside-lab-for-first-time
