60 Minutes Explores Developments in 'Mind Reading'
Posted by Osagie Obasogie January 7, 2009
Biopolitical Times
The blog posts here at Biopolitical Times focus in large part on the social and ethical implications of developments in reproductive and genetic technologies such as embryonic stem cell research, reproductive cloning, and variations of human genetic engineering. But a number of new technologies raise issues that are just as important for how we think about the evolving relationship between technology and social justice.
An important case in point is the emerging field of neuroscience, which is quickly making claims that fMRI technologies can be used to, in colloquial terms, read people’s minds. Check out the video below for 60 Minutes’ review of the field.
