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Can We Predict Your Capacity To Focus? With Monica Rosenberg

Big Brains

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The Neuroscience of Attention

Monica Rosenberg studies the neuroscience of attention. Her lab uses techniques such as functional MRI, which measures a proxy for brain activity while people engage in cognitive processes. Not everyone's brain looks the same and it turns out that we're all pretty unique. We can look at a person's brain network fingerprint and predict with some degree of accuracy how well they're able to focus.

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