Showing posts with label the brain. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 9 November 2021

MIND READING OR THOUGHT IDENTIFICATION?

 


We are used to consider mind reading something that belongs to the world of fantasy. Something that only sorcerers and superheroes can use. But this is only partially true: over the last decade we have developed technologies that allow us to peer into people’s minds. Since “mind reading” sounds too fancy, scientists call this process "thought identification”.