One minute with...Richard Haier

摘要

Your latest research looks at whether brain scans could help someone decide their career path. What did you find?rnWe are investigating whether the amount of grey matter - tissue with high concentrations of nerve cells - present in particular areas of the brain can affect performance in various tests of cognitive ability. What we are finding is that a person's score in tests of analytical reasoning, memory and spatial and numerical abilities is indeed related to the amount of grey matter in different areas of their brain. Our work is at a very early stage, but we are hopeful that one day knowing something about a person's brain may be helpful for providing guidance on vocational choice.