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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. Stereo? by Skiron · · Score: 1, Troll

    If you hook up a schizophrenic?

  2. Re:I bet the CIA want ones real bad... by zkn · · Score: 0, Troll

    I predict about the same money for anti-terrorism, at lot more mediacoverage of whatever that money is being used for and a HUGHE cash infushion for oilcompanies.