2024-11-21T14:43:54-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/102156079/neural-cartography-mapping-the-brain-s-response-to-dumbo-in-brooklyn Ayesha Ghosh 2014-06-18T14:47:00-04:00 >2014-06-23T22:14:50-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5z/5zkdd8no0ynqqd4k.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Following their <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/100074122/getting-neural-van-alen-hosts-how-does-the-brain-respond-to-the-city" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"How Does the Brain Respond to the City?"</a> event last month,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.vanalen.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Van Alen Institute</a>&nbsp;released a short video expanding on the<a href="http://www.thecloudlab.org/dumbo_neural_cartography.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">&nbsp;Dumbo Mental Map Project</a>. Collaborating with GSAPP's&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thecloudlab.org/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cloud Lab</a>, the video gives an insider look at the experiment, which uses EEG brain computer interfaces to gather data on participant's neural responses to the DUMBO outdoor urban environment.&nbsp;</p><p>The dynamic visualization of the 50 participant's mental activity data overlayed on the neighborhood is also available. The hypnotic video opens the door to entirely new forms of mapping and site analysis.&nbsp;</p>