The power of The Habit 005 Prologue The habit cure

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.