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Brain-scan evidence debates

Recorded year2008

Courts wrestle with whether brain readings can be evidence.

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Built on

PolygraphRecorded · 1921enables
ElectroencephalogramRecorded · 1924enables
Stored-program computerRecorded · 1948requires
MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
MRI scannerRecorded · 1977requires
Functional MRIRecorded · 1991enables

Led to

Memory readouts as evidenceForecast · ~2085enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.