Reading Your Mind
March 24, 2009 11:13 AM
Neuroscience has learned much about the brain's activity and its link to certain thoughts. As Lesley Stahl reports, it may now be possible, on a basic level, to read a person's mind.
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See all 31 CommentsThank you and I will be looking forward to more about this scientific finding in the near future.
V Spring
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. ~Jean Rostand
JJ
Though some [who have not used imaging diagnostically] don''t agree that imaging [we use SPECT functional brain imaging] has proven it''s usefulness clinically, I can attest after having reviewed thousands of scans that the SPECT outcomes are, in fact, highly predictable. Just as these neuroscientists find themselves awed with the technology, I have found it amazing to be discussing a scan result/brain picture with a patient telling them nuances of their brain function they have not yet reported in their history. - Quite exciting.
Just as in any aspect of medicine, the reading process is still under development, and with SPECT use in psychiatry it still isn''t absolute - but SPECT certainly does win over our past curiosities of ''dreams and imagination'' for hard evidence.
- And for those commenting who fear this technology, remember Dr Just''s clarification: this process is *not mind reading,* but rather thought identification - done by willing participants in controlled environments - for their benefit.
Though some [who have not used imaging diagnostically] don''t agree that imaging [we use SPECT functional brain imaging] has proven it''s usefulness clinically, I can attest after having reviewed thousands of scans that the SPECT outcomes are, in fact, highly predictable. Just as these neuroscientists find themselves awed with the technology, I have found it amazing to be discussing a scan result/brain picture with a patient telling them nuances of their brain function they have not yet reported in their history. - Quite exciting.
Just as in any aspect of medicine, the reading process is still under development, and with SPECT use in psychiatry it still isn''t absolute - but SPECT certainly does win over our past curiosities of ''dreams and imagination'' for hard evidence.
- And for those commenting who fear this technology, remember Dr Just''s clarification: this process is *not mind reading,* but rather thought identification - done by willing participants in controlled environments - for their benefit.
how do people who take anti-seizure meds react to the questions? what about dyslexia? or people who have ishemic areas or ubo''s in their MRI images and don''t react normally or react slowly to spoken commands do they give the same responses on the MRI??? before this is used as a truth tool do we know how the abnormal brain reacts?
I for one would like to know since mine is not perfect since I had meningitis and would not want a lie detector or intent detector to convict me based on brain activity that is abnormal.
I''m sure stroke patients or ms patients or others with brain dysfunction that have overcome all over that are fully functional feel the same.
how do people who take anti-seizure meds react to the questions? what about dyslexia? or people who have ishemic areas or ubo''s in their MRI images and don''t react normally or react slowly to spoken commands do they give the same responses on the MRI??? before this is used as a truth tool do we know how the abnormal brain reacts?
I for one would like to know since mine is not perfect since I had meningitis and would not want a lie detector or intent detector to convict me based on brain activity that is abnormal.
I''m sure stroke patients or ms patients or others with brain dysfunction that have overcome all over that are fully functional feel the same.
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