In the future, you may never have to remember a password again.

In a new study published in the academic journal Neurocomputing, researchers at Binghamton University said they have devised a way to verify a person's identity based on how their brain responds to certain words.

The researchers observed the brain signals of 45 volunteers as they read a list of 75 acronyms, such as FBI and DVD, and recorded the brain's reaction to each group of letters, focusing on the part of the brain associated with reading and recognizing words. Turns out, participants' brains reacted differently to each acronym — so much so that a computer system was able to identify each volunteer with 94 percent accuracy.

The researchers say their findings suggest that a person's unique "brainprint" could be used by security systems in the future for authentication. This brainprint would have obvious advantages over traditional passwords, and trump biometic methods such as fingerprints or retina scans, which can be stolen, according to the study.

"If someone's fingerprint is stolen, that person can't just grow a new finger to replace the compromised fingerprint — the fingerprint for that person is compromised forever," the study's co-author, Sarah Laszlo, assistant professor of psychology and linguistics at Binghamton University, said in a statement. "Fingerprints are 'non-cancellable.' Brainprints, on the other hand, are potentially cancellable. So, in the unlikely event that attackers were actually able to steal a brainprint from an authorized user, the authorized user could then 'reset' their brainprint."

The researchers acknowledged that brainprints probably won't be used for low-security applications any time in the near future, but said this authentication method could be beneficial for high-security systems.

"We tend to see the applications of this system as being more along the lines of high-security physical locations, like the Pentagon or Air Force Labs, where there aren't that many users that are authorized to enter," Zhanpeng Jin, assistant professor at Binghamton University's departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, said in a statement.

Meanwhile, this isn't the first time researchers have tried to replace passwords with brainwaves. Researchers from the UC Berkeley School of Information back in 2013 devised a system which would let you think your password for a site, and gain entry via the power of brain waves.