Scientists reconstruct Pink Floyd song by listening to people’s brainwaves

Breakthrough raises hopes that musicality of natural speech can be restored in patients with disabling neurological conditions

Scientists have reconstructed Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall by eavesdropping on people's brainwaves - the first time a recognisable song has been decoded from recordings of electrical brain activity.

The hope is that doing so could ultimately help to restore the musicality of natural speech in patients who struggle to communicate because of disabling neurological conditions such as stroke or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - the neurodegenerative disease that Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with.