Hollywood Reality Check: The Real Science of Brain Puppetry

A slate of new Hollywood science-fiction films share a common vision: In the future, we will become a race of puppet masters. As expected, Hollywood’s take on brain puppetry isn’t exactly true to the current research. But the shortcuts taken by filmmakers highlight the promise, and the challenges, central to the bizarre new discipline of mind over matter.

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