arcticpenguin
11th February 2003, 07:14 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=570&ncid=753&e=1&u=/nm/20030211/sc_nm/science_brainwaves_dc
Brain fingerprinting works by measuring and analyzing split-second spikes in electrical activity in the brain when it responds to something it recognizes.
For example, if a suspected murderer was shown a detail of the crime scene that only he would know, his brain would involuntarily register that knowledge. Under Farwell's system, that brain activity is picked up through electrodes attached to the suspect's scalp and measured by an electroencephalograph (EEG) as a waveform.
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It's pure snake oil. There's no evidence you can determine evil intent or anything else from brain fingerprinting. It's the 21st century version of the lie detector test, which also doesn't work very well," said Barry Steinhardt, who directs a technology program for the American Civil Liberties Union
Brilliant or Bogus? Even supposing that the theory is sound, I think it could be abused by prosecutors. They could show a suspect pictures of a crime scene before they did the testing, and then, surprise surprise, he would recognize the scences during the test.
Brain fingerprinting works by measuring and analyzing split-second spikes in electrical activity in the brain when it responds to something it recognizes.
For example, if a suspected murderer was shown a detail of the crime scene that only he would know, his brain would involuntarily register that knowledge. Under Farwell's system, that brain activity is picked up through electrodes attached to the suspect's scalp and measured by an electroencephalograph (EEG) as a waveform.
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It's pure snake oil. There's no evidence you can determine evil intent or anything else from brain fingerprinting. It's the 21st century version of the lie detector test, which also doesn't work very well," said Barry Steinhardt, who directs a technology program for the American Civil Liberties Union
Brilliant or Bogus? Even supposing that the theory is sound, I think it could be abused by prosecutors. They could show a suspect pictures of a crime scene before they did the testing, and then, surprise surprise, he would recognize the scences during the test.