前言
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Neural Link:
神经元连接:
Your brain has a unique signature
大脑的独特标识
Technology is rapidly changing the way in which people can be identified.
技术的快速发展正改变着身份识别的方式。
Fingerprints, voices, faces and even retinas can all serve as proof of identity.
指纹、声音、人脸，甚至虹膜都可以用作身份证明。
In recent years neuroscientists have developed perhaps the most personal method yet: brain fingerprinting.
近年来，神经科学家发现了可能最个性化的识别方式：脑指纹。
Using MRI scans, they can build a fluctuating model of a person’s brain activity called their connectome.
核磁共振扫描可以生成脑部活动的动态模型，称作“连接组”。
Despite the fluctuation, scans of the same individual’s brain taken days apart can be matched up with 95% accuracy.
尽管模型是动态的，但是在几天内同一个人的扫描结果匹配准确度达到95%。
On Friday Science Advances, a journal, reported that neuroscientists have refined the technique further.
周五，Science Advances期刊报导，神经科学家已经进一步完善这项技术。
A unique neural snapshot can now be obtained in just 100 seconds.
现在能够做到在100秒以内捕获一个独特的神经元快照。
The authors say brain fingerprinting could be employed to diagnose neurological conditions such as autism early.
作者讲到脑指纹可用于诊断神经元病变，例如自闭症。
Tests are already under way for Alzheimer’s disease, which seems to entail a loss of the sufferer’s unique neural signature.
阿尔兹海默症的相关实验正在进行中，实验表明患者似乎丧失了某个独特的神经元特征。
The possibility of an unforgeable mental signature may soon escape the realm of science fiction.
不可伪造的神经元标识可能很快就不再专属于科幻小说领域了。
