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tldr; “It’s not wrong to say there are weird ethical implications to this,” Finn says, “but we’re still a long way from doing this with enough accuracy to appl
by johnchristopher 11y ago
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“It’s not wrong to say there are weird ethical implications to this,” Finn says, “but we’re still a long way from doing this with enough accuracy to apply in the real world.” Neuroscience will be waiting for its sorting hat for a while yet.
- panglott 11y ago'"In this study, the researchers predicted how well people would do on a cognitive test by analyzing fMRI scans of 126 subjects in the Human Connectome Project, a five-year initiative to map how areas of the human brain communicate with each other. The subjects performed motor, memory, and intelligence tests, including a pattern completion test that measured abstract reasoning—what neuroscientists call fluid intelligence. Their connectomes, it turned out, had a lot to do with how well they scored. ...A strong connection between the frontal and parietal lobes, especially, meant a high fluid intelligence score.' This is an interesting result as well, that connection between different areas of the brain predict abstract reasoning ability.