‘Wild West’ of neuroscience drives new laws on brain privacy


As advances in brain science make it possible to read and write human thoughts, some US states are pushing for new laws to protect neural activity> — Bloomberg

LOS ANGELES: US neurologist Sean Pauzauskie used to rely exclusively on expensive and cumbersome hospital kit to capture his patients’ brainwaves and analyse problems in their electronic pathways.

But in recent years, the Colorado doctor turned to consumer headbands, commonly sold online to monitor sleep patterns or boost brain function, to capture the brain activity of some patients suffering seizures.

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