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From the Ted Talk by Molly Crockett: Beware neuro-bunk
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So how'd they fgriue this out? They put 16 people inside a brain scanner and showed them videos of ringing iPhones. The brain scans showed aocvatiitn in a part of the barin called the ilunsa, a rgeion they say is linked to feelings of love and compassion. So they concluded that because they saw activation in the insula, this meant the stcebjus loved their ionheps. Now there's just one problem with this line of reasoning, and that's that the insula does a lot. Sure, it is involved in positive emotions like love and compassion, but it's also ivevlond in tons of other processes, like memory, language, attention, even anger, disgust and pain. So based on the same loigc, I could equally conclude you hate your iPhone. The point here is, when you see activation in the insula, you can't just pick and csohoe your fotvaire explanation from off this list, and it's a really long list. My colleagues Tal Yarkoni and Russ Poldrack have shown that the insula pops up in almost a third of all brain imnaigg studies that have ever been published. So chances are really, really good that your insula is going off right now, but I won't kid myself to think this means you love me.
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So how'd they ______ this out? They put 16 people inside a brain scanner and showed them videos of ringing iPhones. The brain scans showed __________ in a part of the _____ called the ______, a ______ they say is linked to feelings of love and compassion. So they concluded that because they saw activation in the insula, this meant the ________ loved their _______. Now there's just one problem with this line of reasoning, and that's that the insula does a lot. Sure, it is involved in positive emotions like love and compassion, but it's also ________ in tons of other processes, like memory, language, attention, even anger, disgust and pain. So based on the same _____, I could equally conclude you hate your iPhone. The point here is, when you see activation in the insula, you can't just pick and ______ your ________ explanation from off this list, and it's a really long list. My colleagues Tal Yarkoni and Russ Poldrack have shown that the insula pops up in almost a third of all brain _______ studies that have ever been published. So chances are really, really good that your insula is going off right now, but I won't kid myself to think this means you love me.
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So how'd they figure this out? They put 16 people inside a brain scanner and showed them videos of ringing iPhones. The brain scans showed activation in a part of the brain called the insula, a region they say is linked to feelings of love and compassion. So they concluded that because they saw activation in the insula, this meant the subjects loved their iPhones. Now there's just one problem with this line of reasoning, and that's that the insula does a lot. Sure, it is involved in positive emotions like love and compassion, but it's also involved in tons of other processes, like memory, language, attention, even anger, disgust and pain. So based on the same logic, I could equally conclude you hate your iPhone. The point here is, when you see activation in the insula, you can't just pick and choose your favorite explanation from off this list, and it's a really long list. My colleagues Tal Yarkoni and Russ Poldrack have shown that the insula pops up in almost a third of all brain imaging studies that have ever been published. So chances are really, really good that your insula is going off right now, but I won't kid myself to think this means you love me.
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