http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/ Engadget Comments for Neuroscientists read people's intentions with brain scan http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/So, when you answer a maths question, the response has been given milliseconds before you became aware of it and told the examiner yourself. When you lift your right arm, the decision to do that was made milliseconds before you actually "decide" to lift it.]]>May 23rd 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/Feb 9th 2007 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/
It's best for all of us (except those suffering from said diseases) if we just milk it.

That said, this is creepy.]]>Feb 9th 2007 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/
Anyway, right now the technology is very very limited, and basically detects if certain parts of the brain are getting increased blood flow in response to the patient being asked to do certain tasks or thinking certain thoughts.

The technology will improve over time and it is hard to predict what it will eventually be used for. That said, right now we use it to try and map brain function, usually before we go in and remove brain tumors or vascular malformations. That way, if we go in and whack out a chunk of brain, we want to make sure that the patient's language center and other important areas are away from where we're working.]]>Feb 9th 2007 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/1.) Help the disabled so they can see, hear, speak, walk, run, or raise their hands. That would be awesome.

2.) Read a suspected criminal's mind to prove his innocence. Much better than DNA testing alone.
And, if the software matures and gets perfected, have it tell the difference between an imagined memory created on the spot or just recently and a memory located in long term.]]>Feb 9th 2007 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/Feb 10th 2007 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/Glad they are moving on this. About 18 years ago, I wrote a paper and was told it wasn't possible to use fMRI technology to read thoughts, as well as using VR to help people overcome phobias and pain without the use of a psychologist and the VR process was realtime based on how the mind is impacted by the events taking place. All three of these are now being used. Very glad someone did something with it.

So, I'll reserve judgement on all things that were once perceived as impossible since I know full well that if a person can think it, it can come true... eventually.]]>Feb 10th 2007 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/Feb 10th 2007 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/neuroscientists-read-peoples-intentions-with-brain-scan/
Goodbye SAT tests. :-P

"OK sir if you will just sit in that chair over there, this will take about 2 minutes."


"OK. Well it shows that you will get 2300 on your test. Here is a printout of all the collages that have preapproved you. Next!"]]>Feb 10th 2007 3:08PM