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Thomas Deuel, a neuroscientist, sound artist, and neurologist, discusses his work with music generated through conscious control of the electroencephalogram. Thomas discusses his Encephalophone, a novel musical instrument and cognitive rehabilitation device using conscious control of electroencephalogram (EEG). There is a discussion of the basic function of EEG, a historical perspective on the sonification of EEG, and a description of how the Encephalophone works and experiments proving its effectiveness, followed by future directions being pursued.