Brain
Frees
Powerful lie detection tools may
someday surpass the accuracy of the polygraph and
permanently change how suspects are convicted -- and
freed.
Imagine, a suspect is read words
related to a crime while their brain is being scanned.
A computer analyzes the data and informs the examiner
if the suspect's memory holds information about the
crime that only the perpetrator could know. The
suspect would not even have to speak, for the examiner
to know if the subject has exclusive knowledge of the
crime. The guilty could be clearly identified and the
innocent would be set free.
It's not science fiction. The technology and knowledge to scan your brain for the truth
is
already here and it is improving rapidly. Today, using
current technology, a government can know with 90%
accuracy if the person they are holding in custody is
a spy. And it is available to the public. Finding out
what your spouse did in Vegas is now as easy as
getting them to lie down on an examination bed.
(hint: tell them it's a massage table.)
How will brain scan technology change
society and our legal systems? Clearly, public debate
concerning the proper use of lie detection
technologies is needed to raise concerns about their
premature and inappropriate use.
Lie Detection Links
Brain scanners can tell what you're thinking about
Cephos Corporation
Brain Fingerprinting - PBS
Climbing Inside The Criminal Mind - Sarah Sturman Dale
No Lie MRI - functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
fMRI
How brain scans are reinventing the science of lie
detection
The Future of Lie Detecting - NPR audio
The Lie May Be on Its Last Legs
Brain-Scan Lie Detectors Coming in Near Future
Lie-detector glasses offer peek at future of security
The future of lying
Infrared lie detector
Complex brain imaging is making waves in court |
