SYNOPTION PROJECT

IN THE EYE OF THE STORM

“Analysis of the unconscious should be a geography rather than a history”,Gilles Delèze. Our mental state depends on the stabilization of different systems, bringing out correlations in various distant regions of the brain. The Alt Institute decided to explore the relationship between brain imaging and meteorology, in order to make the complexity of mental processes more comprehensible.

 

 

MEASURING ORDER AND DISORDER

Our team has focused on how phase transitions occur within the “critical” brain system in favor of high cognitive flexibility. To highlight the brain's homeostatic regulation, our engineers focused on its physical structure, neuronal activity, chemical balance, stress responses, cognitive disorders and information flows. The data would be translated into usable results by the AI, which would constantly refine them. 

 

THE MIND-ATMOSPHERE ANALOGY

Like meteorological observatories, our algorithm delivers representations such as a satellite view showing overall activity, a relief map to visualize the complexity of cognitive processes, a temperature map that captures the intensity of activity zones, a pollution map that reveals the chemical environments associated with mood, a cloud map that distinguishes between a high mobilization of concentration versus a more confused mental state, and a wind map that captures cognitive flows.

 

A FUTURE À LA CARTE

This analogical method enriches our understanding of complex systems in general, highlighting principles common to fields as diverse as neuroscience and meteorology. Thanks to the statistical predictability methods we use, we'll soon be able to predict and anticipate brain events in the short to long term.