Does the thought of a computer reading your mind make you uneasy? Maybe it should. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are teaching PCs how to scan the thoughts of subjects with amazing success. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (!) on nine subjects, brain patterns associated with fifty-eight different associations for various nouns were first identified, then logged for the record. Then, the scientists proceeded to test the ability of the computer to discern between two...
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