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Stressed Men Prefer Chubby Chicks
Here's a title for you, "BMI Not WHR Modulates BOLD fMRI Responses in a Sub-Cortical Reward Network When Participants Judge the Attractiveness of Human Female Bodies." How about that? I…
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Can fMRI Predict Who Believes In God? Part I
Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII Did you know that "regions" of your brain "light up" when you think about Santa…
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Can fMRI Predict Who Believes God? Part II
Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII I don't want to bore us, but it is crucial to read the team's explanation…
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Can fMRI Predict Who Believes In God? Part III
Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII It is finally time to describe the experiment itself. People were stuck inside an fMRI…
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Can fMRI Predict Who Believes In God? Part IV
Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII We continue with the questions. Number 58: God will eventually reward those who live the…
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Can fMRI Predict Who Believes In God? Part V
Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII Quick review: people's heads were stuck in an fMRI; inside, they read questions to which…
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Can fMRI Predict Who Believes In God? Part VII (Last)
Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII There are a number of serious difficulties with this study. The experimental protocol is unusual;…
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Brain Atrophy Responsible For Religious Belief?
Readers can help me choose the best metaphor. (1) A snowball which starts the size of a pea but gains in strength and speed as it rolls downhill, mindlessly consuming…
