Re: Brain Print

[Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>]

This was the 60 minutes program of Dec 10 :
http://cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,13502-412,00.shtml gives only a one
sentence summary.

It was a Mike Wallace interview.  I think the Psychologist was from U of
Chicago.
The assertion was that by monitoring "brain waves"
(electroencephalograms - EEG) while presenting a subject with pictures or
words, a skilled interpreter can tell whether a memory of a similar image
resides in the subject's brain.

It was touted to be most useful in exonerating an innocent defendant,
rather than providing definite incrimination of a guilty party.

Bob

Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Green" <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 03:33 PM
Subject: Brain Print


> Did I see on TV recently some TVMagazine piece re brain
> fingerprinting?  From electronic and computer connection the operator is
> able to determine whether the subject has done the deed or has been at
the
> crime scene or has had contact with the victim -- something like that.
The
> assertion was that the images are stored in the brain and can act like
> fingerprints or the like -- and consequently the process can exonerat or
> convict the subject.
>
> Did I understand correctly?
>
> What was the network/program?
>
> What was the investigator's name/institution?
>
>
> Jim Green
> mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
> http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen