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class="content__text" What if there was a way to control your emotions on demand? Wu Xiaotian from China spent 16 years helplessly battling severe depression until last year, when he joined a clinical research trial at Shanghai’s Ruijin Hospital to have a “brain pacemaker” implanted under the skin of his chest. The pacemaker sends tiny electrical pulses to electrodes implanted in his head, allowing Wu to go from miserable to happy with the push of a button. He uses two main device settings: “work mode” to energize him in the morning, and “rest mode” to relax him before bed. Using the technology, researchers believe they can reliably create “mood settings” that patients with treatment-resistant depression can apply depending on their state of mind, allowing them to alleviate their symptoms almost immediately. While the procedure came with plenty of risks, Wu says the operation has allowed him to recover 80% of himself. He is still participating in the clinical trial and believes the technology will “give him freedom and dignity.” With groundbreaking health developments underway, instant mood control could one day become the new norm. However, dependence on such tools will have to be thoroughly evaluated and heavily regulated to ensure we maintain complete autonomy over our own minds and emotions. Edge: Mood Geisting Spotter: Ong Xue Ying – TBWA\Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #MoodGeistingBackslash #braincomputerinterface #bci #depressiontreatment #moodcontrol #mindcontrol #emotioncontrol #brainpacemaker #treatmentresistantdepression #mentalhealthtreatment #healthinnovation #medicalprocedure #medicalbreakthrough

October 20, 2023