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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is helping neuroscientists build a deeper understanding of our thoughts and behaviours in real time. Already fMRI has assisted communication with patients in a vegetative state. If we were able to use brain scans so effectively to ‘read minds’, should we stop at hospitals, airport security or courtrooms?
Barbara Sahakian is Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge with an international reputation in the fields of cognition, ethics and imaging
the brain, particularly with emotional and behavioural dysfunction and treatment.
Julia Gottwald is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute studying cognitive processes in adolescents suffering from OCD, including executive functioning, memory and decision-making.