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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 7, 523-534 (July 2006) | doi:10.1038/nrn1931
Decoding mental states from brain activity in humans
John-Dylan Haynes1,2,3 & Geraint Rees2,3 About the authors
Abstract
Recent advances in human neuroimaging have shown that it is possible to accurately decode a person's conscious experience based only on non-invasive measurements of their brain activity. Such 'brain reading' has mostly been studied in the domain of visual perception, where it helps reveal the way in which individual experiences are encoded in the human brain. The same approach can also be extended to other types of mental state, such as covert attitudes and lie detection. Such applications raise important ethical issues concerning the privacy of personal thought.
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Author affiliations
- Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstrasse 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
- Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
Correspondence to: John-Dylan Haynes1,2,3 Email: haynes@cbs.mpg.de
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