Moods

Happy playlists, sad playlists, party playlists—any music fan knows that when it comes to setting the mood, there’s no better way than with a killer soundtrack.  Now, a pair of researchers from Germany and Singapore are taking this tenet to the next level with a brain-computer interface (BCI) that matches music to a user’s mood in real time. Ultimately, their goal is to teach listeners experiencing mental illness how to regulate and control their own emotions, they described in a recent interview. Stefan Ehrlich from the Technische Universität München and Kat Agres from the National University of Singapore have developed a brain-computer interface for music-based emotion mediation. PLOS ONE According to Dr. Stefan Ehrlich, the technology uses neurofeedback to set...