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Brain Scans May Help Guide Career Choice

Posted by timothy on from the can't-see-past-my-metal-plate dept.

GisG writes "General aptitude tests and specific mental ability tests are important tools for vocational guidance. Researchers are now asking whether performance on such tests is based on differences in brain structure, and if so, can brain scans be helpful in choosing a career? In a first step, researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Research Notes have investigated how well eight tests used in vocational guidance correlate to gray matter in areas throughout the brain." The researcher's (provisional) paper is available as a PDF.

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  1. Re:Asimov's Profession by rolfwind · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I hope so, America's one size fits all education until college isn't that great imo, many European countries at least section you off by scholastic aptitude after middleschool (don't worry, there are plenty room for latebloomers to achieve).

    Not everyone will become or even wants to be an astronaut and are perfectly happy as a mechanic or something.

  2. Obligatory by networkzombie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yay! I'm a delivery boy!