Last updated: 8 november, 2010 - 09:37 GMT

How would you spend $1 million for scientific research?

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You have $1,000,000 to spend on an area of scientific research. What would you choose and why?

We put the question to three scientists who are taking part in the series Exchanges at the Frontier.

Brian Greene would put the money towards answering the quantum measurement problem.

click Forensic psychotherapist Gwen Ashead would put the money towards researching the understanding of empathy.

click Psychologist Morten L Kringelbach would like to help people see the glass as half full, not half empty.

click Tell us how you would allocate the money (link goes to facebook).

click Here's what some listeners think.

More on the series click Exchanges at the Frontier.

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