Studio99 Presents: Thomas Deuel and his Encephalophone

July 31, 2015
Thomas Deuel | Swedish Neuroscience Institute

Thomas Deuel, a neuroscientist, sound artist, and neurologist, discusses his work with music generated through conscious control of the electroencephalogram.

Thomas discusses his Encephalophone, a novel musical instrument and cognitive rehabilitation device using conscious control of electroencephalogram (EEG). There is a discussion of the basic function of EEG, a historical perspective on the sonification of EEG, and a description of how the Encephalophone works and experiments proving its effectiveness, followed by future directions being pursued.

Speaker Details

Thomas Deuel is a neuroscientist, sound artist, and neurologist. He is currently a neurologist at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute and an Affiliate Professor at Digital and Experimental Arts (DXArts), University of Washington. His Deueling Thumbs StudioLab is a hybrid between a scientific laboratory and art studio dedicated to audio and music-based art and neuroscience research. It is a workspace for combining Neuroscience, Sound Art, Neurophysiology, and Music Composition to create original works of audio installation art and interactive new media music and sound.