Brain and Law: An EEG Study of How We Decide or Not to Implement a Law  

作　　者：Armando Freitas da Rocha Eduardo Massad Fabio Theoto Rocha Marcelo Nascimento Burattini 

机构地区：[1]Research on Natural and Artificial Intelligence (RANI), Jundiaí, Brazil [2]School of Medicine, University of Sã o Paulo Brazil, Sã o Paulo, Brazil [3]London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK [4]Instituto de Pesquisas em Teoria da Informaç ã o (IPTI), Aracajú, Brazil [5]Laboratory of Signal Processing, Department od Electrical Engeneering, Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial, Sã o Paulo, Brazil [6]Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sã o Paulo, Sã o Paulo, Brazil

出　　处：《Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science》2014年第12期559-578,共20页行为与脑科学期刊（英文）

摘　　要：Brazil has introduced a referendum regarding the prohibition of firearm commerce and propaganda arguments have invoked socially and personally driven issues in the promotion of voting in favor of and against firearm control, respectively. Here, we used different techniques to study the brain activity associated with a voter’s perception of the truthfulness of these arguments and their influence on voting decisions. Low-resolution tomography was used to identify the possible different sets of neurons activated in the analysis of the different types of propaganda. Linear correlation was used to calculate the amount information H(ei) provided to different electrodes about how these sets of neurons enroll themselves to carry out this cognitive analysis. The results clearly showed that vote decision was not influenced by arguments that were introduced by propaganda, which was typically driven by specific social or self-interest motives. However, different neural circuits were identified in the analysis of each type of propaganda argument, independently of the declared vote (for or against the control) intention.Brazil has introduced a referendum regarding the prohibition of firearm commerce and propaganda arguments have invoked socially and personally driven issues in the promotion of voting in favor of and against firearm control, respectively. Here, we used different techniques to study the brain activity associated with a voter’s perception of the truthfulness of these arguments and their influence on voting decisions. Low-resolution tomography was used to identify the possible different sets of neurons activated in the analysis of the different types of propaganda. Linear correlation was used to calculate the amount information H(ei) provided to different electrodes about how these sets of neurons enroll themselves to carry out this cognitive analysis. The results clearly showed that vote decision was not influenced by arguments that were introduced by propaganda, which was typically driven by specific social or self-interest motives. However, different neural circuits were identified in the analysis of each type of propaganda argument, independently of the declared vote (for or against the control) intention.

关 键 词：EEG BRAIN Mapping NEUROMARKETING Language Understanding POLITICS ELECTION DECISION Making 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]