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Yahoo! ^ | Thu May 29, 4:32 PM ET | Maggie Fox

Posted on 05/29/2008 10:27:23 PM PDT by Lusis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A computer has been trained to "read" people's minds by looking at scans of their brains as they thought about specific words, researchers said on Thursday.

They hope their study, published in the journal Science, might lead to better understanding of how and where the brain stores information.

This might lead to better treatments for language disorders and learning disabilities, said Tom Mitchell of the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, who helped lead the study.

"The question we are trying to get at is one people have been thinking about for centuries, which is: How does the brain organize knowledge?" Mitchell said in a telephone interview.

"It is only in the last 10 or 15 years that we have this way that we can study this question."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: science
It's a brave new world folks.
1 posted on 05/29/2008 10:27:23 PM PDT by Lusis
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To: Lusis
Whoops, I jacked-up the title of this post. it should read "Computer trained to "read" mind images of words"

Can the mods please fix this?
2 posted on 05/29/2008 10:29:25 PM PDT by Lusis ("Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.")
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I can also already imagine this technology being abused for political reasons as well.


3 posted on 05/29/2008 10:36:45 PM PDT by Republic_of_Secession.
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Part of airport security scans of the future.


4 posted on 05/29/2008 11:58:25 PM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (Bible toting, bitter and armed with slashing sarcasm.)
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To: Lusis
"They hope their study, published in the journal Science, might lead to better understanding of how and where the brain stores information.
This might lead to better treatments for language disorders and learning disabilities, said Tom Mitchell of the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, who helped lead the study.

Not Likely. What IS likely is that it will lead to better equipment for the "thought police".

5 posted on 05/30/2008 12:47:44 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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"We know you voted republican... "

6 posted on 05/30/2008 3:52:40 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Lusis

Somebody look up Dr. Mindbender’s Brain Scanner from the old GI Joe comics. This is the exact premise of that machine.


7 posted on 05/30/2008 4:47:01 AM PDT by Terabitten (Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets - E-Frat '94. Unity and Pride!)
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