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Scientists say they can read dreams (8th April, 2013)

The research is a part of a wider programme aimed at studying the brain. It hopes to unlock the secrets of the unconscious mind to help the disabled move artificial limbs using brain activity. It could also help those with dementia and other neurological conditions. A spokesperson said: "Our expectations from the dream study are quite high, but we are also looking carefully at the ethical aspects of the technology, which may allow a third person to look at somebody else's thoughts." Head researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani said, "dreams have fascinated people since ancient times, but their function and meaning has remained closed". He believes his research is "a key step towards reading dreams more precisely".

Sources:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/454252/20130406/japan-scientists-read-dreams-brain-scan-mri.htm
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2013/04/03/science.1234330
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/05/national/kyoto-scientists-read-dreams/#.UWD0_xnqPc8

WARM-UPS

1. DREAMS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about dreams. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

scientists / reading dreams / research / journal / speculation / predict / volunteers / research / unlock secrets / the unconscious mind / expectations / ancient times

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. NIGHT-TIME VISIONS: What do dreams mean? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Dreams about…	Meaning
falling
flying
being naked in public
being chased
knowing famous people
missing a flight

4. READING MINDS: Students A strongly believe being able to read other people's minds is a good thing; Students B strongly believe it's very dangerous. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. READING OTHER'S THOUGHTS: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the ones you want to know most at the top. Change partners often.

their past relationships
their feelings about you
their biggest secrets
their politics

the future
their fears
their secret desires
their level of honesty

6. SLEEP: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word 'sleep'. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	Scientists used CAT (Computer Axial Tomography) to read dreams.	T / F
b.	The scientists say their research into decoding dreams is a world first.	T / F
c.	Scientists said the private nature of dreams makes research difficult.	T / F
d.	The researchers say their technology is less than 50% accurate.	T / F
e.	The research is aimed at helping the disabled be more mobile.	T / F
f.	Scientists say the research can't help those with neurological problems.	T / F
g.	A spokesperson said they must look into the ethics of reading dreams.	T / F
h.	A researcher said wanting to understand dreams is a newish thing.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	persistent	a.	slowed down
2.	hampered	b.	correctness
3.	objective	c.	interested
4.	predict	d.	synthetic
5.	accuracy	e.	constant
6.	unconscious	f.	forecast
7.	artificial	g.	moral
8.	conditions	h.	sleeping
9.	ethical	i.	unbiased
10.	fascinated	j.	illnesses

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	magnetic resonance	a.	analysis
2.	the world's first decoding	b.	aspects
3.	a topic of persistent	c.	at studying the brain
4.	objective	d.	imaging
5.	a 60 per cent	e.	limbs
6.	a wider programme aimed	f.	of night-time visions
7.	artificial	g.	since ancient times
8.	dementia and other neurological	h.	speculation
9.	looking carefully at the ethical	i.	conditions
10.	dreams have fascinated people	j.	accuracy rate

GAP FILL

Japanese scientists say they have found a (1) ____________ to "read" people's dreams. Researchers at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories used (2) ____________ resonance imaging (MRI) for what they say is, "the world's first (3) ____________ " of night-time visions. Their research is published in the (4) ____________ "Science". The researchers wrote: "Visual imagery during sleep has long been a topic of (5) ____________ speculation, but its private nature has hampered objective analysis. Here, we present a neural decoding (6) ____________ in which machine learning models predict the contents of visual imagery (7) ____________ sleep." They were able to predict what images their volunteers had seen with a 60 per cent accuracy (8) ____________.

journal
rate
magnetic
approach
way
during
decoding
persistent

The research is a part of a (9) ____________ programme aimed at studying the brain. It hopes to (10) ____________ the secrets of the unconscious mind to help the disabled move artificial (11) ____________ using brain activity. It could also help those with dementia and other neurological (12) ____________. A spokesperson said: "Our expectations from the dream study are quite (13) ____________, but we are also looking carefully at the ethical aspects of the technology, which may allow a (14) ____________ person to look at somebody else's thoughts." Head researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani said, "dreams have (15) ____________ people since ancient times, but their function and meaning has remained closed". He believes his research is, "a key (16) ____________ towards reading dreams more precisely".

conditions
fascinated
step
unlock
high
wider
limbs
third

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	the world's first decoding of night-______
	a. timed visions b. times visions c. time vision d. time visions
2)	Visual imagery during sleep has long been a topic ______
	a. of persistently speculation b. of persistence speculations c. of persistent speculation d. of persistent speculations
3)	its private nature has hampered ______
	a. objectively analysis b. objective analytics c. objectives analysis d. objective analysis
4)	models predict the contents ______ during sleep
	a. of visual imagery b. for visual images c. of visualised imagery d. of visual images
5)	They were able to ______ their volunteers had seen
	a. predict which images b. predict what images c. predict those images d. predict the images
6)	The research is a part of a wider programme ______ the brain
	a. aimed at studying b. aimed that studying c. aimed what studying d. aimed for studying
7)	help the disabled ______ using brain activity
	a. move artificially limbs b. move artificial limb c. move artificially limb d. move artificial limbs
8)	It could also help those with ______ neurological conditions
	a. dementia and others b. dementia and another c. dementia and other d. dementia and the other
9)	we are also looking carefully ______ of the technology
	a. at the ethical aspects b. at the ethically aspects c. at the ethical aspect d. at the ethically aspect
10)	He believes his research ______ towards reading dreams more precisely
	a. is a key step b. is a key stage c. is a key slip d. is a key stepping

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

Japanese scientists say they (1) ______________________ "read" people's dreams. Researchers at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories used (2) ______________________ (MRI) for what they say is, "the world's first decoding" of night-time visions. (3) ______________________ in the journal "Science". The researchers wrote: "Visual imagery during sleep has long been (4) ______________________ speculation, but its private nature has hampered objective analysis. Here, we present a neural decoding approach in which machine learning models (5) ______________________ visual imagery during sleep." They were (6) ______________________ images their volunteers had seen with a 60 per cent accuracy rate.

The research is a (7) ______________________ aimed at studying the brain. It hopes to unlock the secrets (8) ______________________ to help the disabled (9) ______________________ brain activity. It could also help those with dementia and other neurological conditions. A spokesperson said: "Our (10) ______________________ dream study are quite high, but we are also looking carefully (11) ______________________ the technology, which may allow a third person to look at somebody else's thoughts." Head researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani said, "dreams have fascinated people since ancient times, but their function and (12) ______________________". He believes his research is, "a key step towards reading dreams more precisely".

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What technology did the scientists use to "read" people's dreams?
2.	What did the scientists say was a world first?
3.	What have visions during sleep been a topic of for a long time?
4.	What has always got in the way of "objective analysis"?
5.	How precisely were researchers able to predict images volunteers saw?
6.	How do scientists hope to help disabled people?
7.	Who else could the research help besides the disabled?
8.	How hopeful are researchers their research will bear fruit?
9.	What considerations are the researchers looking into?
10.	For how long did a researcher say dreams have fascinated us?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	What technology did the scientists use to "read" people's dreams?	6.	How do scientists hope to help disabled people?
	a) CAT b) X-ray c) MRI d) A&E		a) let them see their dreams b) by using prosthetic arms and legs c) provide them with jobs as dream testers d) clear their unconscious minds
2.	What did the scientists say was a world first?	7.	Who else could the research help besides the disabled?
	a) the decoding of night-time visions b) the use of magnets in looking at dreams c) putting someone's dreams on a projector d) controlling someone's dreams		a) those suffering from brain-related diseases b) psychologists / psychoanalysts c) writers d) the government
3.	What have visions during sleep been a topic of for a long time?	8.	How hopeful are researchers their research will bear fruit?
	a) constant conjecture and theories b) medicine c) sleeplessness d) being private and objective in nature		a) it's too early to say b) not very c) they have high expectations d) they are 100% sure
4.	What has always got in the way of "objective analysis"?	9.	What considerations are the researchers looking into?
	a) neuroscientists b) dreams being so private c) technology d) ethics		a) logical b) medical c) clinical d) ethical
5.	How precisely were researchers able to predict images volunteers saw?	10.	For how long did a researcher say dreams have fascinated us?
	a) about 16% of the time b) with considerable precision c) it was rather hit and miss d) with 60% accuracy		a) tens of thousands of years b) a billion years c) centuries d) since Freud started writing

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Pro-dream reader

You think the ability to read dreams and thoughts is fantastic. Tell the others three reasons why. The technology could cure all mental illnesses. It could cure the world's mental health and we would all love each other. You think most people would love to look back at their dreams.

Role B – Anti-dream reader

You think the ability to read dreams and thoughts is very dangerous. Tell the others three reasons why. You think it is ethically unsound to read dreams and thoughts. There is a reason why we cannot read dreams. You think this ability would change humans too much.

Role C – Troubled relationship person

You are having trouble with your partner. You think (s)he is seeing someone else. You are sure that if you read his/her dreams, you could find out the answer. You think dream-reading is a fantastic way of keeping marriages and relationships together.

Role D – Person X

You are incredibly rich and powerful and want to be a dictator. You want to invest in this dream-reading technology to control everyone in your country. Support everything the pro-dream reader says. Strongly disagree with the other two. Tell everyone nothing gets in the way of science.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'read' and 'dream'.

read

dream

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

way
first
topic
private
present
rate

wider
limbs
high
third
times
key

DREAMS SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about dreams in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

DREAMS DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'dream'?
c)	What kinds of dreams do you have?
d)	Would you like to be able to read your dreams?
e)	Do you think this is a good use of technology?
f)	Would you like to be able to read everything in someone's mind?
g)	Would you like to volunteer for this research?
h)	How interested are you in the meaning of dreams?
i)	Has anything you've dreamt about come true?
j)	Do you ever dream in English?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	Do you think scientists should unlock all the brain's secrets?
c)	Could dream- / mind-reading technology be dangerous?
d)	Would you buy technology that let you save dreams on your computer?
e)	Whose mind or dreams would you like to read?
f)	Could this technology cure the world's mental health?
g)	What are the ethical issues surrounding this technology?
h)	Who would you allow to read your deepest thoughts?
i)	How could this technology improve people's lives?
j)	What questions would you like to ask the scientists?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE - LANGUAGE

Japanese scientists say they have found a way to "read" people's dreams. Researchers at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories used (1) ____ resonance imaging (MRI) for what they say is, "the world's first (2) ____ " of night-time visions. Their research is published in the (3) ____ "Science". The researchers wrote: "Visual imagery during sleep has (4) ____ been a topic of persistent speculation, but its private nature has hampered objective analysis. Here, we present a neural decoding approach (5) ____ which machine learning models predict the contents of visual imagery during sleep." They were able to predict what images their volunteers had seen with a 60 per cent (6) ____ rate.

The research is a part of a (7) ____ programme aimed at studying the brain. It hopes to unlock the secrets of the unconscious mind to help (8) ____ disabled move artificial limbs using brain activity. It could also help those with dementia and other neurological conditions. A spokesperson said: "Our expectations from the dream study are quite (9) ____, but we are also looking carefully at the (10) ____ aspects of the technology, which may allow a third person to look at somebody else's thoughts." Head researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani said, "dreams have fascinated people (11) ____ ancient times, but their function and meaning has remained closed". He believes his research is, "a key step towards reading dreams more (12) ____ ".

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	magnet	(b)	magnetism	(c)	magnets	(d)	magnetic
2.	(a)	encoding	(b)	coding	(c)	recoding	(d)	decoding
3.	(a)	rag	(b)	journal	(c)	diary	(d)	novella
4.	(a)	wide	(b)	soon	(c)	long	(d)	very
5.	(a)	on	(b)	at	(c)	in	(d)	so
6.	(a)	accuracy	(b)	primacy	(c)	privacy	(d)	acidity
7.	(a)	higher	(b)	wider	(c)	stronger	(d)	taller
8.	(a)	the	(b)	those	(c)	some	(d)	much
9.	(a)	increase	(b)	high	(c)	tall	(d)	sky
10.	(a)	mythical	(b)	ethereal	(c)	ethical	(d)	mystical
11.	(a)	for	(b)	via	(c)	since	(d)	by
12.	(a)	précis	(b)	precision	(c)	precise	(d)	precisely

SPELLING

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CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

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The research is a part of a wilder / wider programme aimed at studying the brain. It hopes to unlock the secrets / secrecy of the unconscious mind to help the disabled move / more artificial limbs / limps using brain activity. It could also help those with dementia and other / others neurological conditions. A spokesperson said: "Our expectations from the dream study are quite tall / high, but we are also looking carefully at the methodical / ethical aspects of the technology, which may allow a third / fourth person to look at somebody else's thoughts / thought." Head researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani said, "dreams have fascinated people since ancient times, but their function and meaning has remained closed". He believes his research is, "a key step towards reading dreams more precision / precisely".

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

japanese scientists say they have found a way to "read" people's dreams researchers at the atr computational neuroscience laboratories used magnetic resonance imaging (mri) for what they say is "the world's first decoding" of night-time visions their research is published in the journal "science" the researchers wrote "visual imagery during sleep has long been a topic of persistent speculation but its private nature has hampered objective analysis here we present a neural decoding approach in which machine learning models predict the contents of visual imagery during sleep" they were able to predict what images their volunteers had seen with a 60 per cent accuracy rate

the research is a part of a wider programme aimed at studying the brain it hopes to unlock the secrets of the unconscious mind to help the disabled move artificial limbs using brain activity it could also help those with dementia and other neurological conditions a spokesperson said "our expectations from the dream study are quite high but we are also looking carefully at the ethical aspects of the technology which may allow a third person to look at somebody else's thoughts" head researcher yukiyasu kamitani said "dreams have fascinated people since ancient times but their function and meaning has remained closed" he believes his research is "a key step towards reading dreams more precisely"

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Japanesescientistssaytheyhavefoundawayto"read"people'sdreams.Researchers
attheATRComputationalNeuroscienceLaboratoriesusedmagneticresonance
imaging(MRI)forwhattheysayis,"theworld'sfirstdecoding"ofnight-timevisions.
Theirresearchispublishedinthejournal"Science".Theresearcherswrote:"Visual
imageryduringsleephaslongbeenatopicofpersistentspeculation,butitsprivate
naturehashamperedobjectiveanalysis.Here,wepresentaneuraldecoding
approachinwhichmachinelearningmodelspredictthecontentsofvisualimagery
duringsleep."Theywereabletopredictwhatimagestheirvolunteershadseenwith
a60percentaccuracyrate.Theresearchisapartofawiderprogrammeaimedat
studyingthebrain.Ithopestounlockthesecretsoftheunconsciousmindtohelp
thedisabledmoveartificiallimbsusingbrainactivity.Itcouldalsohelpthosewith
dementiaandotherneurologicalconditions.Aspokespersonsaid:"Our
expectationsfromthedreamstudyarequitehigh,butwearealsolookingcarefully
attheethicalaspectsofthetechnology,whichmayallowathirdpersontolookat
somebodyelse'sthoughts."HeadresearcherYukiyasuKamitanisaid,"dreams
havefascinatedpeoplesinceancienttimes,buttheirfunctionandmeaninghas
remainedclosed".Hebelieveshisresearchis,"akeysteptowardsreadingdreams
moreprecisely".

FREE WRITING

Write about dreams for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

Looking at other people's dreams is unethical and should not be pursued by scientists. Discuss.

_____________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about dreams. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. DREAMS: Make a poster about dreams and what they mean. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. ETHICS: Write a magazine article about the decoding of people's dreams. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against it.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on ethics. Ask him/her three questions about looking at other people's dreams. Give him/her three of your opinions on this. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	persistent	a.	constant
2.	hampered	b.	slowed down
3.	objective	c.	unbiased
4.	predict	d.	forecast
5.	accuracy	e.	correctness
6.	unconscious	f.	sleeping
7.	artificial	g.	synthetic
8.	conditions	h.	illnesses
9.	ethical	i.	moral
10.	fascinated	j.	interested

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
2.	The decoding of night-time visions
3.	Persistent speculation
4.	The private nature of dreams
5.	With a 60 per cent accuracy rate
6.	Allow them to move artificial limbs using brain activity
7.	Those with dementia and other neurological conditions
8.	Their expectations are high
9.	Ethical aspects of the technology
10.	Since ancient times

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