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Submitted by Piyush Diwan on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 22:25. FeaturedTNMHealthUnited KingdomUnited States
According to the experts, effective steps should be taken to stop the brain scans which are being used as lie detector tests by the courts, employers and the insurers.

These brain scans can show the reaction of a person by lighting up certain areas of the brain from which the lie and truth can be calculated. American courts have already rejected the use of brain scans in any type of cases but US companies are still going through the scans to the employer recruiting staff.

This issue was discussed by all experts across the world in a conference at University of Glasgow. Mr. Burkhard Schafer from University of Edinburgh's school of law has said about some issues over the reliability and privacy of that technology.

These scans had been used as lie detectors or to examine the mental health problems in at least 90 big punishment cases in US including other capital hearings in Asia and Europe.

In most of the cases they have been rejected but only in some cases the results have been taken as evidence. Experts believe that usage of brain scan could be dangerous for the humanity and it should be limited to medical use