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UCLA study shows different areas of the brain respond to belief, disbelief and uncertainty

Using fMRI, researchers at UCLA have identified clear differences in the areas of the brain involved in belief, disbelief, and uncertainty. This finding has implications for the detection of deception, for the control of the placebo effect during drug design, and for the study of any higher cognitive phenomenon in which the differences among belief, disbelief and uncertainty might be relevant.

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