TEDGlobal 2012 Read Montague
by World of Minds
1. What
1.1. What does "normal behavior" look like? To find out, Read Montague is imaging thousands of brains at work.
2. Survey: who has behavioral superpower?
2.1. People said yes
2.1.1. Wow TED IS special :)
2.2. Everyone is interested in other people
2.3. Focus on central piece of interaction in relationships
2.3.1. strip it
3. Eavesdrop on healthy brain activity
3.1. functional MRI
3.1.1. 20 years ago not possible
3.2. Blood flow related to brain activity
3.3. valuation
3.3.1. abstractions acquire value
3.3.2. Drugs attack this ability
3.4. Dophemines control
3.4.1. The way we value things
3.4.2. also why we get addicted to drugs
4. We bring a lot of processing power to the brain
4.1. 'canaries' in social exchanges
4.2. people come to the table and bring sensivities
4.2.1. which can be exploited
4.3. patterns have emerged
4.3.1. gave us new insights in these exchanges
5. Exchange games
5.1. ultimatum game
5.2. at 80/20
5.2.1. People make irrational choices
6. Hyper-scanning software
6.1. syncs machines all over the world
6.2. Of brain activity
6.3. patterns induced in healthy partner
6.3.1. As having several mental conditions
6.4. A lot of centres all over the world
6.5. data will be available some day
7. in closing
7.1. studying cognition
7.1.1. did not have the tools to do it properly
7.2. we are social creatures
7.2.1. minds depend on other people