lawrence (larry) farwell is an american scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur. he invented brain fingerprinting and the first eeg-based brain-computer interface (bci). he discovered the p300-mermer brain response and applied it in forensic neuroscience, brain-computer communication, and other fields. in addition to his brain fingerprinting research at the cia   dale, s.s. (2001). "the brain scientist: climbing inside the criminal mind." time magazine, nov. 26, 2001, pp 80-81. and the fbi and elsewhere and his publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, he has applied brain fingerprinting to detect the presence or absence of concealed crime-relevant information stored in the brains of suspects in criminal cases, and has testified as an expert witness on this science in court.harrington v. state, case no. pccv 073247. iowa district court for pottawattamie county, march 5, 2001. he holds patents on brain fingerprinting, farwell, l.a., inventor. u.s. patent #5,363,858: method and apparatus for multifaceted electroencephalographic response analysis (mera), nov. 15, 1994 farwell, l.a., inventor. u.s. patent #5,467,777: method for electroencephalographic information detection, nov. 21, 1995. the p300-mermer,farwell, l.a., inventor. u.s. patent #5,406,956: method and apparatus for truth detection, april 18, 1995. and applications of this technology in the early detection of alzheimerâs disease and other cognitive deficits.farwell, l.a., inventor. u.s. patent # 7,689,272: method and apparatus for brain fingerprinting, measurement, assessment and analysis of brain function. issued 3/30/2010. he has conducted and published research on neuroscience, psychophysiology, physics, mathematics, and the relationship between consciousness and matter. == career == larry farwell earned his ba from harvard university and his phd from the university of illinois at urbanaâchampaign. he is a teacher of transcendental meditation, and spent several years with maharishi mahesh yogi. he has served as a research associate at harvard medical school and as a consultant to the cia. he has conducted laboratory and field brain fingerprinting research at the cia,
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