A mathematical model using brain activity from nine control-network areas predicted participants' number of wins in cheating-opportunity trials with almost 80% accuracy in Greene and Paxton's study.
Notes on verification
Confirmed directly from the original PNAS paper (Greene & Paxton, 2009) and PMC full text, which report a model built from the 9 identified control-network regions reduced to 5 regions/7 variables explaining 79% of variance in cheating-opportunity win predictions. [tier=gold indep_score=1.0 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable] [kind-backfill 2026-09-15: kind=attributed eligibility=high]
Sources
- Will vs. Grace – are people honest because they resist temptation or ... (seed:science_and_space)
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0900152106 (corroboration)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2718383/ (corroboration)
- https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/will-vs-grace-are-people-honest-because-they-resist-temptation-or-because-they-dont-feel-it (corroboration)