Brain Scans Predict Likely Success When It Comes to Quitting Smoking

Brain Scans Predict Likely Success When It Comes to Quitting Smoking
Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:07:00 -0600

New research from University of Michigan says brain scans showing neural reactions can predict behavior change even better than the person whose brain is being scanned.

Emily Falk, director of University of Michigan's Communication Neuroscience Laboratory, recently led a study that scanned the brain activity of 28 heavy smokers to investigate whether pro-health messages would have an impact on their ability to quit smoking. The smokers were recruited from an ...

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