Brain wave patterns can predict blunders, new study finds

Monday, March 23, 2009 - 13:35 in Psychology & Sociology

From spilling a cup of coffee to failing to notice a stop sign, everyone makes an occasional error due to lack of attention. Now a team led by a researcher at the University of California, Davis, in collaboration with the Donders Institute in the Netherlands, has found a distinct electric signature in the brain which predicts that such an error is about to be made.

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