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Drudgery really does numb the brain
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margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/22/2223965.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>And by monitoring that area of the brain, researchers can predict when someone is about to make a mistake before they make it, according to their study in the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.pnas.org"><EM>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</EM></A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/22/2223965.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>Human errors are, therefore, not the result of momentary blips in brain activity or concentration, as some suspect, the researchers say.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; 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