Many scientists are skeptical of this technology, but several recent cases suggest that lawyers are increasingly interested in using it to sway juries.
Cambridge Analytica, the British political research group linked to President Donald Trump's campaign, suspended CEO Alexander Nix on Tuesday after British media revealed a series of alarming comments the company's executives had made about techniques it used to sway international elections.
The Koch brothers have been widely criticized by Democrats for their systematic attempt to use money to sway elections.
Academia and Business Mix In their quest to use research to sway the hearts and minds of busy doctors, the drug companies have important partners: academic physicians.
In the run up to the meeting, Japan has reverted to its preferred tactic of using aid to sway small islands and even landlocked nations to vote with it in the 88-member body.
It would not be the first time that conservatives have used semantics to sway public opinion, experts said.
Listening to his grandparents, he learnt the arcane phraseology, the ancestral praise names, the alliterative rhythm and rhetoric he would later use to sway a crowd.
"The Constitution is pretty clear that you can't use public money to sway or influence a vote," the lawyer, Eric J. Snyder, said.
In a more strategic move, Gravemind uses logic to sway the Forerunner's own artificial intelligence, Mendicant Bias, to his side.
