Dr. Karl Deisseroth

First of all, it's an amazing scientific discovery approach. As you mentioned, we and others here at Stanford are using electrodes, collecting information from tens of thousands of neurons. Even separate from the Neuralink work, as you point out, many people have been doing this in humans as well as in non-human primates. And this is pretty powerful. It's important.

First of all, it's an amazing scientific discovery approach. As you mentioned, we and others here at Stanford are using electrodes, collecting information from tens of thousands of neurons. Even separate from the Neuralink work, as you point out, many people have been doing this in humans as well as in non-human primates. And this is pretty powerful. It's important.

First of all, it's an amazing scientific discovery approach. As you mentioned, we and others here at Stanford are using electrodes, collecting information from tens of thousands of neurons. Even separate from the Neuralink work, as you point out, many people have been doing this in humans as well as in non-human primates. And this is pretty powerful. It's important.

This will let us understand what's going on in the brain in psychiatric disease and neurological disease, and will give us ideas for treatment. I see that as something that will be part of psychiatry in the long run. Already with deep brain stimulation approaches, we can help people with psychiatric disorders.

This will let us understand what's going on in the brain in psychiatric disease and neurological disease, and will give us ideas for treatment. I see that as something that will be part of psychiatry in the long run. Already with deep brain stimulation approaches, we can help people with psychiatric disorders.

This will let us understand what's going on in the brain in psychiatric disease and neurological disease, and will give us ideas for treatment. I see that as something that will be part of psychiatry in the long run. Already with deep brain stimulation approaches, we can help people with psychiatric disorders.

And that's putting just a single electrode, not even a complex closed-loop system where you're both playing in and getting information back. Even just a single stimulation electrode in the brain can help people with OCD, for example, quite powerfully.

And that's putting just a single electrode, not even a complex closed-loop system where you're both playing in and getting information back. Even just a single stimulation electrode in the brain can help people with OCD, for example, quite powerfully.

And that's putting just a single electrode, not even a complex closed-loop system where you're both playing in and getting information back. Even just a single stimulation electrode in the brain can help people with OCD, for example, quite powerfully.

This is a pretty interesting branch of psychiatry. There's no question that people have been helped by the treatments. There's active debate over what fraction of people who have these symptoms can or should be treated. This is typically Adderall or stimulants of some kind. Yeah, for example, the stimulants. That's right. So ADHD, as its name suggests, it has symptoms of...

This is a pretty interesting branch of psychiatry. There's no question that people have been helped by the treatments. There's active debate over what fraction of people who have these symptoms can or should be treated. This is typically Adderall or stimulants of some kind. Yeah, for example, the stimulants. That's right. So ADHD, as its name suggests, it has symptoms of...

This is a pretty interesting branch of psychiatry. There's no question that people have been helped by the treatments. There's active debate over what fraction of people who have these symptoms can or should be treated. This is typically Adderall or stimulants of some kind. Yeah, for example, the stimulants. That's right. So ADHD, as its name suggests, it has symptoms of...

It can have either a hyperactive state or an inattentive state. And those can be completely separate from each other. You could have a patient who effectively is not hyperactive at all, but can't remain focused on what's going on around them.

It can have either a hyperactive state or an inattentive state. And those can be completely separate from each other. You could have a patient who effectively is not hyperactive at all, but can't remain focused on what's going on around them.

It can have either a hyperactive state or an inattentive state. And those can be completely separate from each other. You could have a patient who effectively is not hyperactive at all, but can't remain focused on what's going on around them.

I notice I have to think complex, abstract thoughts. I notice I have to be very still. So my body has to be almost completely unmoving for me to think very abstractly and deeply. Other people are different. Some people, when they're running, they get their best thoughts. I can't even imagine that. My brain does not work that way at all.

I notice I have to think complex, abstract thoughts. I notice I have to be very still. So my body has to be almost completely unmoving for me to think very abstractly and deeply. Other people are different. Some people, when they're running, they get their best thoughts. I can't even imagine that. My brain does not work that way at all.

I notice I have to think complex, abstract thoughts. I notice I have to be very still. So my body has to be almost completely unmoving for me to think very abstractly and deeply. Other people are different. Some people, when they're running, they get their best thoughts. I can't even imagine that. My brain does not work that way at all.

I have to be totally motionless, which is kind of interesting. How do you go about that? I sit much like this, you know, I try to have time in each day where I am literally sitting almost in this position, but without distraction and thinking. And so it's kind of a, it's almost meditative in some ways, except it's not true meditation, but I am thinking while not moving.

I have to be totally motionless, which is kind of interesting. How do you go about that? I sit much like this, you know, I try to have time in each day where I am literally sitting almost in this position, but without distraction and thinking. And so it's kind of a, it's almost meditative in some ways, except it's not true meditation, but I am thinking while not moving.