mind reading

Fraser's show is a mix of hypnosis, mind reading and comedy which gives an insight into how the coping mechanism he initially used to deal with his limited sight has heightened his other senses, allowing him to perform stunts.

China says it has already used the technology to make “mind reading” possible and a pair of U.S.-based scientists have demonstrated the ability to insert false memories into mice.

This causes us to deploy the common cognitive distortion of mind reading, in which we're convinced we know what someone else is thinking.

But Bellier’s team was not only interested in “mind reading,” says Sylvain Baillet, a neuroscientist at McGill who was not involved in the work.

But even if this approach works, the prospect of combining mind reading and machine learning to predict hit songs remains fraught with ethical dilemmas.