Brain Wave Science
http://www.brainwavescience.com/
Human Brain Research Laboratory,
Inc.
2000 North Court Street, Building 18A, Fairfield, IA
52556
Email: Farwell@BrainWaveScience.com Phone:
(515) 469-5649
Brain Fingerprinting: Brief Summary of the
Technology
1. A patented new technique of proven accuracy in US
government tests
Dr. Lawrence A. Farwell
has invented, developed, proven, and patented the technique of Farwell Brain
Fingerprinting, a new computer-based technology to identify the perpetrator of a
crime accurately and scientifically by measuring brain-wave responses to
crime-relevant words or pictures presented on a computer screen. Farwell Brain
Fingerprinting has proven 100% accurate in over 120 tests, including tests on
FBI agents, tests for a US intelligence agency and for the US Navy, and tests on
real-life situations including actual crimes.
2. Brain Fingerprinting catches a serial
killer
On August 5, 1999 Dr.
Farwell used Brain Fingerprinting to prove that suspected serial killer James B.
Grinder had raped and murdered Julie Helton 15 years earlier. Faced with an
almost certain conviction and probable death sentence, Grinder pleaded guilty
one week later in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without parole. He
is currently serving that sentence, and has confessed to several other murders
of young women.
3. Brain
Fingerprinting exonerates an innocent man falsely convicted of
murder
On April 25, 2000, Dr.
Farwell used Brain Fingerprinting to exonerate an innocent man who has spent 22
years in prison for a murder that he did not commit. Terry Harrington was
convicted in 1978 of the murder of a retired policeman who was working as a
security guard, based primarily on the testimony of an alleged witness who was
himself involved in the crime. Harrington was a 17-year-old black youth at the
time of the crime.
Brain Fingerprinting
proved that Harrington's brain did not contain details of the crime that would
be known to the perpetrator. Brain Fingerprinting proved not only that there
was not a match between the information stored in Harrington's brain and
the details of the crime, but also that there was a match between the
information stored in Harrington's brain and the details of the accounts of the
evening of the crime given by several alibi witnesses, who testified that
Harrington was elsewhere at the time of the crime.
Dr. Drew Richardson of
the FBI Laboratory (phone 703-632-6704) assisted Dr. Farwell in developing the
test for Harrington. Legal efforts to obtain Harrington's freedom based on Brain
Fingerprinting and other newly discovered exculpatory evidence are
ongoing.
4. Scientific detection of the record of the crime in
the perpetrator’s brain
Farwell Brain
Fingerprinting is based on the principle that the brain is central to all human
acts. In a criminal act, there may or may not be many kinds of peripheral
evidence, but the brain is always there, planning, executing, and recording the
crime. The fundamental difference between a perpetrator and a falsely accused,
innocent person is that the perpetrator, having committed the crime, has the
details of the crime stored in his brain, and the innocent suspect does not.
This is what Farwell Brain Fingerprinting detects
scientifically.
5. Matching evidence from a crime scene with evidence
on the perpetrator
Farwell Brain
Fingerprinting matches evidence from a crime scene with evidence stored in the
brain of the perpetrator, similarly to the way conventional fingerprinting
matches fingerprints at the crime scene with the fingers of the perpetrator, and
DNA fingerprinting matches biological samples from the crime scene with the DNA
in the body of the perpetrator.
6. How Brain Fingerprinting works
Farwell Brain
Fingerprinting works as follows. Words or pictures relevant to a crime are
flashed on a computer screen, along with other, irrelevant words or pictures.
Electrical brain responses are measured non-invasively through a patented
headband equipped with sensors. Dr. Farwell has discovered that a specific
brain-wave response called a MERMER (memory and encoding related multifaceted
electroencephalographic response) is elicited when the brain processes
noteworthy information it recognizes. Thus, when details of the crime that only
the perpetrator would know are presented, a MERMER is emitted by the brain of a
perpetrator, but not by the brain of an innocent suspect. In Farwell Brain
Fingerprinting, a computer analyzes the brain response to detect the MERMER, and
thus determines scientifically whether or not the specific crime-relevant
information is stored in the brain of the suspect.
7. Comparison with other
technologies
Conventional
fingerprinting and DNA match physical evidence from a crime scene with evidence
on the person of the perpetrator. Similarly, Brain Fingerprinting matches
informational evidence from the crime scene with evidence stored in the brain.
Fingerprints and DNA are available in only 1% of crimes. The brain is always
there, planning, executing, and recording the suspect's actions.
Brain Fingerprinting has
nothing to do with lie detection. Rather, it is a scientific way to determine if
someone has committed a specific crime or other act. No questions are asked and
no answers are given during Farwell Brain Fingerprinting. As with DNA and
fingerprints, the results are the same whether the person has lied or told the
truth at any time.
8. Admissibility of Brain Fingerprinting in
court
The admissibility of
Brain Fingerprinting in court has not yet been established. The following well
established features of Brain Fingerprinting, however, will be relevant when the
question of admissibility is tested in court. 1) Brain Fingerprinting has been
thoroughly and scientifically tested. 2) The theory and application of Brain
Fingerprinting have been subject to peer review and publication. 3) The rate of
error is extremely low -- virtually nonexistent -- and clear standards governing
scientific techniques of operation of the technology have been established and
published. 4) The theory and practice of Brain Fingerprinting have gained
general acceptance in the relevant scientific community. 5) Brain Fingerprinting
is non-invasive and non-testimonial.
9. Conclusion
Brain Fingerprinting is
a revolutionary new scientific technology for solving crimes, identifying
perpetrators, and exonerating innocent suspects, with a record of 100% accuracy
in research with US government agencies, actual criminal cases, and other
applications. The technology fulfills an urgent need for governments, law
enforcement agencies, corporations, investigators, crime victims, and falsely
accused, innocent suspects. For more information, see Brain Wave Science at http://www.brainwavescience.com/