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Re:Can a ‘Fingerprint’ of Your Brain Help Predict Disorders? by b800h on Monday March 27, 2023 @06:30AM (#35324934)
Phrenology Mk. 2! The dangers, of course, being generalisation, categorisation and prejudice.
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Re:Can a ‘Fingerprint’ of Your Brain Help Predict Disorders? by cantSpellSober on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:18AM (#35326324)
Which of techniques in the studies in TFA are you referring to? EEG or fMRI?

> more studies are needed before clinicians can use these tools to accurately diagnose mental illness

Doesn't sound like something a phrenologist would say. The goal is detecting mental illness, not classifying people as inferior. Phrenology studied the shape of a person's cranium, not their brain activity.

Did you find faults in the studies they cited, or just read the headline?

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