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I thought of you nyc when I saw this.
Apple triggers 'religious' reaction in fans' brains, report says
At product launches, Apple store employees cheer for the first customers to buy the company's latest gadgets.
(CNN) -- Next time Grandma asks why you're going to the mall on Sunday morning instead of church, tell her you're going to Apple Chapel.
For Apple fans, the brand triggers a reaction in the brain that's not unlike that of religious devotees, according to a BBC documentary series that cites neurological research.
The neuroscientists ran a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test on an Apple fanatic and discovered that images of the technology company's gadgets lit up the same parts of the brain as images of a deity do for religious people, the report says....
http://www-cgi.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/05/19/apple.religion/index.html
Apple triggers 'religious' reaction in fans' brains, report says
At product launches, Apple store employees cheer for the first customers to buy the company's latest gadgets.
(CNN) -- Next time Grandma asks why you're going to the mall on Sunday morning instead of church, tell her you're going to Apple Chapel.
For Apple fans, the brand triggers a reaction in the brain that's not unlike that of religious devotees, according to a BBC documentary series that cites neurological research.
The neuroscientists ran a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test on an Apple fanatic and discovered that images of the technology company's gadgets lit up the same parts of the brain as images of a deity do for religious people, the report says....
http://www-cgi.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/05/19/apple.religion/index.html
