Bungee jumping for science

(Charit é - Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin) 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 from Charit é - Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin have, for the first time, succeeded in measuring this 'Bereitschaftspotential' (readiness potential) outside a laboratory and under extreme conditions. Results from this research have been published in Scientific Reports*.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news