Brain Scans May Unlock Candidates' Appeal
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Applying some of the same brain-scan technology used to understand Alzheimer's and autism, scientists are trying to learn what makes a Republican's mind different from a Democrat's.
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A close inspection of candidatesâ wares offers the prospect of a peek into their characters and hoped-for constituencies.
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Match the performers with the presidential candidates they played for or otherwise supported. Hint: Some candidates here are associated with more than one performer or group.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 13, 2004 - About 800 older Americans will be asked to lend their brains to science this spring, part of a major government study to track early Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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Employers may soon be able to check job applicants to find out how easily distracted they are.
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Researchers expose differences in brain activity between people who fib and those who don't. Brain scans reveal that it really is easier to tell the truth.
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New tests involving blood and brain scans can detect symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, and brief appraisals of real-life functioning can predict who is likely to develop it, researchers saidSunday.
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A new website uses a well-designed Q&A format to help voters find the presidential candidate best aligned with their beliefs. It's part of a new wave of web technologies trying to focus on issues, not hairstyles.
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At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers slide into a donut-shaped MRI machine and perform simple tasks, such as deciding whether to add or subtract two numbers, or choosing which of two buttons to press. They have no inkling that scientists in the next room are trying to read their minds &#151; using a brain scan to figure out their intention before it is turned into action.
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Scientists have mapped a key network of switches in the brain which could aid research into neurological conditions.
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The fantasy of winning stimulates the same brain circuits that winning does.
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A new study will look at the brains of Alzheimer&#39;s patients to see if various scans can chart the disease and if new drugs can slow it down, doctors said on Wednesday.
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Brain scans show significant differences in cranial activity when a person is lying compared to telling the truth, US researchers said yesterday.
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Ever wonder why fear-mongering seems to work so well at the pollsâwhile appeals to reason often leave the electorate cold? A new book applies neuroscience to politics to figure out why the Democrats struggle to push the buttons in voters' brains.
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Brain scans reveal how the brain gets 'tired and over-emotional' when someone is deprived of sleep.
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Candidates' race, gender, age, and religion are among the factors that could shape the election.
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American researchers say brain scans could provide an alternative and perhaps more reliable tool for catching people out in a lie than the standard polygraph test.