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Aug 15, 2008 7:28 pm US/Pacific

Army Funds $4 Million Mind-Reading Research

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Here's a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read people's thoughts.

Armed with a $4 million grant from the Army, scientists are studying brain signals to try to decipher what a person is thinking and who the person wants to direct the message to.

The project is a collaboration among researchers at the University of California, Irvine, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Maryland.

The hope is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts of soldiers who suffered brain injuries in combat or even stroke patients in hospitals. But the research also raises concerns that such mind-reading technology could be used to interrogate the enemy.

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