# We Can Input Information into the Brain by Edward S. Boyden > "We can input information into the brain." > **— Edward S. Boyden**, *2011, MIT Engineering Q&A* ## Sources and Context - **Editorial boundary repair:** The previous readable excerpt was "We can input information into the brain". Its initial capitalization and/or terminal punctuation is now adjusted for standalone reading; no wording or substantive qualification was added. The linked source above remains the publication audit trail. - **Full quotation and context:** [Is it possible to control someone’s thoughts?](https://engineering.mit.edu/ask-an-engineer/is-it-possible-to-control-someones-thoughts) — MIT's Q&A supplies the complete statement and its sensory-restoration and optogenetics context. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Article:** [[articles/Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks and the Allen Institute|Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks and the Allen Institute]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Ed Boyden|Ed Boyden]] - [[wiki/Information Theory|Information Theory]] - [[wiki/Information Inheritance|Information Inheritance]] - [[wiki/Connectomics|Connectomics]] - [[wiki/Whole-Brain Connectomics|Whole-Brain Connectomics]] - [[wiki/Neural Mapping|Neural Mapping]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We can input information into the brain." — Edward S. Boyden, 2011, MIT Engineering Q&A https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-edward-boyden-input-information-brain ```