So they measured subjects’ vital signs, install video cameras inside their homes to watch their daily routines, sequenced portions of their DNA, and, with technologies that allowed them to peer inside people’s skulls in real time, watched as blood and electrical impulses flowed through their brains while they were exposed to temptations such as cigarette smoke and lavish meal.
Vital sign 生命体征 Sequenced 按顺序排列 Portion 部分
Peer inside 窥视 Skull 颅骨，头盖骨
Electrical impulses 电脉冲
Temptation 诱惑 Lavish meal 丰盛的大餐
The researchers’ goal was to figure out how habits work on a neurological level - and what it took to make them change.
