Reading a terrorist's mind

Since there aren’t any mutants that we know of who are telepaths, the next best thing available would be to use technology to try and pry into the minds of others. We’re not sure whether the high tech interrogation room that was featured in the Salt movie is real or not, but researchers at the Northwestern University recently took at bold step forward when it comes to reading peoples’ minds, in particular, those of terrorists. When testing the system, they had 10 students who were supposed to plan a mock terrorist attack, while taking another group of students who were to plan for a vacation. When students from both groups were hooked up to the machine and had their brain waves scanned, those under the terrorist camp had clearly different brain wave responses compared to those going for a holiday whenever the name of a particular city (vacation or attack) was mentioned/flashed.

It has a success rate of 10 out of 12 times when testing, and it doesn’t only involve the name of the place but specifics such as the time, types of explosives and weapons used. Of course, it will need one to ask specific questions in order to track a particular brainwave response which happens whenever one is planning something huge, such as a terrorist attack. Looks like the polygraph won’t be out of a job anytime soon, but rather, it has found a partner in the fight against terrorism. It isn’t anywhere near Minority Report levels, but it is a good start.

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