Pint of Science: Neuroscientists and their amazing mindreading machines!

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The last 30 years have seen big steps  forward in “neuroimaging” techniques for measuring brain structure and activity. At the same time, computer power has increased exponentially and advanced statistical techniques for analysing neuroimaging data bring us ever closer to “decoding”, or reading, what the brain is doing. This talk will describe some of intriguing successes of this kind of mindreading and how to spot exaggerated claims that are not possible (yet).