I Know What You're Thinking Brain Imaging and Mental Privacy

Neuroscience raises many questions for bioethics of which one relates to our ideas of privacy. There seems nothing more private than one's thoughts, some of which we might choose to share with others, and some not. Whilst there is considerable interest in 'neuroethics', little has been published on the particular issue of privacy in relation to 'brain' or 'mind' reading. I know what you're thinking provides an account of the neuroscientific evidence on'mind reading', as well as a thorough analysis of both legal and moral accounts of privacy. It brings together leading academics from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and law. The bookconsiders the relevance of consent when considering violations of privacy. It also looks at the ever increasing use of brain imaging in medicine, and its application within the criminal justice system. It ends with a discussion of the various uses to which we might want to put brain images in psychiatry, law, and moral philosophy, and of the implications for the imaged subject.Providing a ground breaking exploration of how brain imaging technologies can throw light on our mentalcapacities, states, and acts, this is an important new book for psychologists, neuroscientists, bioethicists, philosophers, and lawyers.