“Brain Fingerprinting”: Detecting Hidden Thoughts
Author: Ronald J. Comer
Princeton University
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This video examines the technique of brain fingerprinting, which determines whether or not information is stored in the brain by measuring electrical brain waves. Researchers believe that brain waves can reveal whether information is present even when an individual may want to keep it hidden. The video presents a case in which brain fingerprinting was used to determine whether or not an accused man had information about the details of a past crime.
1. The new technique of "brain fingerprinting," shown in the video, can purportedly help determine someone's guilt or innocence by ______________.
2. The man in the video, who is accused of a crime but seemingly exonerated by the brain fingerprinting technique, will ______________.
3. If a person undergoing brain fingerprinting is found to remember aspects of the scene of a crime, it means ______________.
4. A MERMER is _____________.
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