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. 2011 Oct 4;6(10):e25829. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025829

Table 1. List of abridged public and expert survey questions.

Abridged Survey
Public
How familiar are you with brain scanning methods?
To what extent do you think neuroimaging can achieve the following?
Would you be comfortable having your brain scan used for the following? (e.g. employment screening/marketing research)
If brain imaging is used for the purposes above, how concerned are you about the following? (e.g. data storage/privacy)
Can you remember having seen or heard information about Brain Imaging in the following places? (e.g. online/newspaper)
If you feel that brain imaging should be regulated to protect the public from its potential misuse, then how do you feel that this should be done? (e.g. law/self-regulation)
Expert
Please indicate which methods of neuroimaging outside of tradition uses are you aware of?
Where would you choose to seek information about uses of neuroimaging outside traditional uses?
Do you think neuroimaging can presently achieve the following? (e.g. diagnose mental illness/lie-detection)
What do you think may be the future effects of the widespread use of neuroimaging? (e.g. innovative applications/change legal system)
Rate in ascending order what you think would be the best strategies to encourage use of neuroimaging within the limitations of its capabilities. (e.g. law/public education)
How important do you think is it that neuroscientists and clinical researchers communicate with the public about their research?
How effective do you think the following incentives would be to encourage researchers to engage with the public? (e.g. funding requirement/public exposure)
Do you think neuroimaging research findings are, in general, accurately portrayed in the media? Why? (e.g. poor journalism/poor media skills by scientist)
What do you think may be the future effects of the widespread use of neuroimaging? (e.g. new funding opportunities/over-regulation)