ABSTRACT
First, controlled tests using both qualitative and quantitative information demonstrate how fundamental biosignals, such as heart rate, interact with the social environment and preexisting body conceptions to form meanings connected to the mind and influence social decision-making. Second, a functional brain-computer interface reveals the common misconception that software developers have about the mind—namely, that robots can and will read minds. These stories show how the line separating sensing bodies and sensing minds is brittle and is significantly affected by human ideas. In order to examine the futures of computer-mediated communication, security, privacy, and surveillance, as well as of minds themselves, I suggest using this boundary’s porousness.
