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Brain Scans Can Predict If You're About to Make a Math Mistake

Brain Scans Can Predict If You're About to Make a Math Mistake | Science News | Scoop.it

Along with predicting our future behaviors, brain scans can guess when we’re about to make a cognitive error, mis-processing a math problem because we’re thinking too hard. Like a dashboard widget watching your computer’s RAM, brain wave patterns can be used to detect when the brain is approaching its limits of processing power, according to new research.


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Brain Scan Foretells Who Will Fold Under Pressure

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As any high school senior staring down the SAT knows, when the stakes are high, some test-takers choke. A new study finds that activity in distinct parts of the brain can predict whether a person will remain cool or crumble under pressure.

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Brain scans can predict weight gain and sexual activity, research shows

Brain scans can predict weight gain and sexual activity, research shows | Science News | Scoop.it
At a time when obesity has become epidemic in American society, scientists have found that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain scans may be able to predict weight gain.

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Scientists Reveal That The Brain’s Wiring Adapts To Unexpected Events » The Behavioral Medicine Report

Scientists Reveal That The Brain’s Wiring Adapts To Unexpected Events » The Behavioral Medicine Report | Science News | Scoop.it
Would not life be easy if everything happened as we anticipated? In reality, our brains are able to adapt to the unexpected using an inbuilt network that makes predictions about the world and monitors how those predictions turn out.
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