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FRONTIERS MISSED A PROGRAMME? Go to the Listen Again page PROGRAMME INFO Wednesday 21:00-21:30 Frontiers explores new ideas in science, meeting the researchers who see the world through fresh eyes and challenge existing theories - as well as hearing from their critics. Many such developments create new ethical and moral questions and Frontiers is not afraid to consider these. Contact Frontiers LISTEN AGAIN 30 min Listen to 6 June PROGRAMME DETAILS Wednesday 6 June 2007 Mind-reading What if it was possible to read someone’s mind, their exact thoughts, by looking at their patterns of brain activity? In this edition of Frontiers,Peter Evans explores how rapid advances in brain scanning technology have started to get a window on some of our innermost thoughts; from predicting our intentions to interpreting the meaning of exactly what we’re thinking about, or even if we’re lying or telling the truth. What sounds like a science fiction scenario is becoming closer to reality. Peter Evans finds out exactly what can be learned from this expanding window on the brain, he talks to the scientists using these techniques as well as the commercial companies exploiting the technology for marketing and lie detection. Will imaging the brain ever make it possible to read someone’s mind? He also explores the ethical and philosophical implications raised by this new frontier of science: what it means for our individual privacy and free will, and how the new field of ‘neuroethics’ should regulate this exciting new frontier in science? RELATED LINKS Carnegie Mellon University: Psychology Department Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition Max Planck Institute: Prof. John Dylan Haynes Neurosense University of Cambridge: Prof. Barbara J. Sahakian Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience: Prof. Patrick Haggard Neuroethics Society BBC Radio 4: The Material World: Neuroethics BBCi Science The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites Audio Help DON'T MISS PREVIOUS PROGRAMMES Current programmes Archived programmes Back to Latest Programme Science, Nature & Environment Programmes Current Programmes Archived Programmes

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