>Man, how cool is that? Could something like this eventually be used in the >justice system, to prove the reliability of eye witness testimony????? > >
Possibly but as an aide to learning as well, "Gamma waves actually predicted whether or not an item that was about to be recalled was previously studied," said Michael Kahana, a professor of psychology in Penn's School of Arts and Sciences and lead investigator. "In other words, one could see a difference in brain activity just prior to remembering something that had and had not actually happened." In other words the circuitry (hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and left temporal lobe) seems to be a guess detector. It would be a wonderful learning aid in tests. But also given the false memory controversy a few years ago this gives a possible mechanism for it. However I'm not sure of the utility of this, the electrodes they used were implanted deep within the brains of the subjects. I am sure that not many witnesses in the courtroom will agree to have wires shoved deep into their heads for a 15 minute testimony. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245502 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
