Which brain scans? Isn't it common knowledge now that most of those stories of "we put someone in fMRI and had them do X" are nonsense? Also, fMRI is hard and until recently, 25-40% of studies got it wrong. See [0].
> It's the act of reading that strengthens the brain.
Good to know I'm strengthening my brain every day, spending 10 hours reading code and/or HN comments. :).
Which brain scans? Isn't it common knowledge now that most of those stories of "we put someone in fMRI and had them do X" are nonsense? Also, fMRI is hard and until recently, 25-40% of studies got it wrong. See [0].
> It's the act of reading that strengthens the brain.
Good to know I'm strengthening my brain every day, spending 10 hours reading code and/or HN comments. :).
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[0] - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/ignobe...