# Overview

As well as detecting electrical activity from your brain, EMOTIV headsets also detect activity from your facial and eye muscles since these emit electrical signals as well. Rather than isolating and discarding the signals from these muscles, we put them to use to identify facial expressions and eye movements that you can use as control inputs as well.

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