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Scientists 'Read Thoughts' Using Brain Scans

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-wife-says-she-can-do-that-naturally dept.

Bruce_of_the_Cosmos writes "Researchers at University College London and University College Los Angeles say that the can 'read' thoughts using fMRI brain scans. While a subject's attention switched between two images, scientists could monitor activity in the visual cortex and accurately determine, among other things, which image the patient was looking at."

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  1. Duh... by FhnuZoag · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, duh. Guess why they decided to describe this project using such language. In reality, they are probably aiming for a more general understanding of the brain. But that military grant is certainly tempting...