Can a Brain Scan Predict a Broken Promise?
By Kamila E. Sip and David Carmel from Scientific American
"By saying “I do”, newlyweds promise to love and cherish each other
no matter what happens for the rest of their lives; hardly anybody
makes this promise intending to break it.
But imagine making a promise when in fact, you know you would
benefit from not keeping it. Would you keep it anyway? Could we somehow
tell in advance whether you’re going to keep it or break it? And
finally, could we predict your decision by looking at what happens in
your brain?"
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