"Recent advances in human neuroimaging have shown …

“Recent advances in human neuroimaging have shown that it is possible to accurately decode a person’s conscious experience based only on non-invasive measurements of their brain activity.”

Haynes, J and Rees, G (2006).Decoding mental states from brain activity in humans. Nat Rev Neurosci 7(7):523-34.

In layman’s terms: “Mindreading scientists predict behavior”