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Neuroscientists Know What You're Planning, Even When You Don't

Posted June 23, 2010 8:31 AM

From TG Daily:

Neuroscientists at the University of California Los Angeles claim they can can predict your behavior better than you can. The team picked 20 people who didn't use sunscreen every day. They had their brains scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as they saw and heard a series of public service announcements. They were also asked about their intentions to use sunscreen over the next week and their attitudes about sunscreen. A week later, they were asked on how many days during the week they had used sunscreen.

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06/23/2010 5:03 PM

If you can get 20 subjects for a research project, you can get 30. Why not meet basic minima for statistical purposes? Unless you are simply cooking something up, in this case once again promoting fMRI for bizarre and questionable applications.

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06/23/2010 10:58 PM

I agree. You could probably get results just as accurate from using, uh, I don't know, a reasoned guess.

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