Beyond Brain Data: An Enactive Approach to Brain-Computer Interface-Mediated Mind Reading and Mental Privacy
Neuroethics May 31, 2026 Fangxu Han, Haidan Chen
Advances in Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have intensified debates about their alleged capacity to read minds and the implications for mental privacy. Prevailing accounts often assume that brain data can reveal inner mental states, framing privacy as a matter of data protection. Yet experimental demonstrations, such as PIN decoding or semantic reconstruction, show that successful decoding...