Brain finger printing technology

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BRAIN FINGER PRINTING TECHNOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
 Brain fingerprinting is a scientific technique to determine whether or not specific information is stored in an individual's brain.
 Brain fingerprinting was invented by Lawrence Farwell
 It’s a patented technique of proven accuracy in us government tests.
 It has a record of 100% accuracy.
MORE ABOUT BRAIN FINGER PRINTING TECHNOLOGY!!
 Brain fingerprinting identifies the perpetrator of a crime accurately and scientifically by measuring brain-wave responses to crime-relevant words or pictures presented on a computer screen.
HOW DOES IT WORK??
 When a crime is committed, a record is stored in the brain of the perpetrator.
 Relevant words, pictures or sounds are presented to a subject by a computer in a series with stimuli
 The brainwave responses is measured using a patented headband equipped with EEG sensors.
 P300- specific, measurable brain response emitted by the brain of a subject who has the relevant information stored in his brain is collected!
WHAT IS MERMER
 A MERMER is a part of the brainwave observed in response to familiar information.
 When the brain recognizes something, neurons are fired synchronously, eliciting characteristic changes in brain activity.
 It is these changes, that investigators look for when trying to determine whether someone recognizes a particular piece of information.
 When a person is exposed to a information, there is increase in neuron activity which results in an increase in voltage
 Typically within 300–1000msec after the stimulus.
 That response with increase in voltage is known as P300
WHAT IS MERMER
 However, the P300 has only a 87.5% success rate in revealing the presence of relevant information in one’s brain.
 But Farwell’s test is based on the discovery that the P300 is only a subcomponent of a more complicated response called a MERMER.
 The MERMER includes the P300 and another longer latency, electrically negative subcomponent with a latency of up to two seconds post-stimulus
MERMER METHODOLGY
 MERMER incorporates following procedure:
 A sequence of words, phrases, or pictures is presented on a video monitor to the subject, wearing a special headband designed for detecting the brain wave responses.
 Three types of stimuli are presented:
1.Target
2. Irrelevant
3. Probe
 TARGET : The target stimuli are made relevant and noteworthy to all subjects.
 IRRELEVANT : These have no relation to the situation under investigation.
 PROBES : Probes are the stimuli that are relevant to the situation under investigation.
 A subject lacking specific information relevant to the situation under investigation recognizes only two types of stimuli: targets & irrelevants.
 A subject with specific information relevant to the situation under investigation, however, recognizes all three types of stimuli: targets irrelevants & probes.
 A suspect is tested by looking at three kinds of information represented by different colored lines:
 Red: Information the suspect is expected to know(target)
 Green: Information not known to suspect(irrelevant)
 Blue: Information of the crime that only perpetrator would know(probe)
MERMER METHODOLGY
SUBJECT IS GUILTY:
 MERMER METHODOLGY
SUBJECT IS NOT GUILTY:
INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED
 Personal computer
 A data acquisition board
 A graphics card for driving two monitors from one PC
 A four-channel EEG amplifier system
 Software developed by the brain fingerprinting laboratories for data acquisition and analysis.
COMPARISONS WITH OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
 Fingerprints and DNA are available in only 1% of crimes. The brain and the evidence recorded in it are always there.
 No questions are asked and no answers are given during Farwell Brain Fingerprinting.
 Brain Fingerprinting Technology depends only on brain information processing, it does not depend on the emotional response of the subject.
APPLICATIONS
ADVERTISING
 What specific information do people retain from advertising?
 What specific elements in an ad campaign have the most impact?
 How effective is the product branding strategy?
COUNTER TERRORISM
 Aid in determining who has participated in terrorist acts, directly or indirectly.
 Help to identify people who have knowledge or training in banking, finance or communications and who are associated with terrorist teams and acts.
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
 With early diagnosis, the progression of Alzheimer's symptoms can often be delayed through medications and dietary and lifestyle changes.
 Using the very precise measurements of cognitive functioning available with this technology, pharmaceutical companies will be able to determine more quickly the effects of their new medications.
ADVANTAGES
 Identify criminals quickly and scientifically
 Record of 100% accuracy
 Identify terrorists and members of gangs, criminal and intelligence organizations
 Reduce expenditure of money and other resources in law enforcement
 Reduce evasion of justice.
DISADVANTAGES
 Not applicable for general screening.
 It does not indicate intent of the crime.
 Takes a fair amount of time to set up and conduct properly .
 Difficult to distinguish the criminal and a witness who saw all the criminal activity happen.
CONCLUSION
 Brain fingerprinting is a revolutionary new scientific technology for solving crimes, identifying perpetrator and exonerating innocent suspects.
 The technology fulfills an urgent need for governments, law enforcement agencies, corporations, investigators, crime victims.
 If research determines that brain MERMER testing is reliable enough that it could be introduced as evidence in court, it may be the major criminal investigative tool of the future.