A Russian man named Michael Raduga (40) is attracting international attention with his wild claims. Raduga claims to have implanted an electrode in his own brain.
He claims to have carried out the operation on his own in his own living room, at home in Kazakhstan, in May this year.
His purpose was allegedly to be able to control his own dreams – a phenomenon also called “lucid dreaming”.
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The phenomenon is described by Wikipedia as if the dreamer becomes aware that he is dreaming while he is still asleep.
Professor of biological psychology, Kenneth Hugdahl, tells Dagbladet that “lucid dreaming” is a well-known phenomenon.
– It means that you are aware, or conscious, that you are dreaming. The word “lucid” is English and means “clear”, a good Norwegian translation would be “clear dream”.
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Raduga talks about the alleged operation on Instagram, where he has also attached photos that are supposed to show him before and after the operation.
In addition, he has attached an X-ray that will show the electrode.
However, Dagbladet can neither confirm nor deny whether the X-ray belongs to him.
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The 40-year-old claims that he has made the choice himself, and is very “satisfied with it”.
– I have no surgical experience, which resulted in significant blood loss and other complications. I was on the verge of dying several times, but I am satisfied with the result, he claims.
No studies have appeared that mention Raduga’s alleged intervention in scientific journals. It is also not supported by any universities, points out Daily Mail.
X-RAY: Russian Michael Raduga claims this is the electrode he himself has placed in his own brain. Photo: Instagram Show more
According to Major Medical Encyclopedias (SML) Brain surgery is technically demanding as there can be high demands on precision.
– The consequences of complications in connection with brain surgery can be worse than with many other surgeries, they write.
Although Raduga is not a doctor, his past work has attracted the attention of thousands. The Daily Mail writes. In the past, he has stated that lucid dreams are the “perfect opportunity to do mischievous things”.
He believes that – in a dream – you can do things like eat fast food, “sleep with porn stars or your neighbor”, or even “take drugs and drive a Ferrari”.
– Total nonsense
Ole Petter Ottersen is a Norwegian doctor and neuroscientist. He doubts that the operation has even been carried out.
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– It is completely nonsensical. No one would think of doing an operation on their own brain, and no one would think of doing an operation under unsterile conditions in their own living room, he tells Dagbladet.
He further states that electrodes that are to influence or interact with specific processes in the brain must be placed very precisely.
– And without having the necessary expertise – or the equipment – to do this, it is again – totally nonsensical.
Professor of biological psychology, Kenneth Hugdahl, agrees with Ottersen that what Michael Raduga claims he has done does not sound serious.
– You don’t operate on your own brain.
REM sleep
Michael himself claims in a post on social media to have sent stimuli, in the form of electrical impulses, straight to the brain while he was in the REM sleep stage. This in an attempt to “control sleep”.
BRAIN IMPLANT FOR LUCID DREAMING
For the first time in history, we conducted direct electrical stimulation of the motor cortex of the brain during REM sleep, lucid dreams, and sleep paralysis. The results open up fantastic prospects for future dream control technologies. pic.twitter.com/qypqV6ntyV
— Michael Raduga (@MichaelRaduga) June 28, 2023
REM sleep is according to SML a light sleep phase characterized by rapid eye movements, reduced muscle tension and a less regular heart and breathing rhythm than in other sleep phases.
– Dreams occur more often and are often more vivid in REM sleep than in other stages, and REM has therefore also been called dream sleep, they write.
Risk of complications
When one uses an implant to stimulate the brain in this way, it is called deep brain stimulation. according to Major medical encyclopedias is there a risk of complications in connection with such neurosurgical interventions where electrodes are inserted into the brain.
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– Side effects can occur in some patients, especially psychological and cognitive changes such as apathy, hallucinations, depression and hypersexuality, as well as language disorders, they write.
This method is used in the treatment of various neurological diseases that cause movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease, dystonia and essential tremor.
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Neurosurgeon Alex Green at the University of Oxford strongly condemns Michael Raduga’s claims. He tells the Daily Mail that this is extremely dangerous.
He points out that there is a risk of Raduga contracting epilepsy if there has been damage to the cerebral cortex.
– There is no evidence as to whether a device can be used to change dreams. In fact, we are probably several decades away from being able to create new experiences through such stimuli. Our research group has shown that certain deep brain cells can be stimulated to change sleep stage, but anything more complicated than that I would classify as “highly experimental”.
2023-07-24 09:43:57
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