Meaning of functional magnetic-resonance imaging | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“The study, presented Tuesday before the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, involved using functional magnetic-resonance imaging on 20 men and 20 women while they wore headphones and listened to taped portions of John Grisham’s novel “The Partner.””

“Positron emission tomography, or PET, and functional magnetic-resonance imaging have become tools of choice for painless dissection of human emotion.”

“For example, something called “functional magnetic-resonance imaging” can tell doctors where certain activities and experiences stimulate different parts of the brain.”

“The National Institutes of Health just awarded Pitt $3 million to study concussion diagnoses among high school athletes using ImPACT software and a cutting-edge “functional magnetic-resonance imaging” (fMRI) system that measures blood flow to the brain.”

“Researchers at the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury have focused on early detection and better monitoring of mild traumatic brain injuries, or concussions, which account for most TBI diagnoses. Several scanning technologies, including diffusion tensor imaging, single photon emission computed tomography and functional magnetic-resonance imaging, look especially promising.”

“In the past decade, researchers have used functional magnetic-resonance imaging (fMRI) to look at the brains of experienced meditators, such as [Matthieu] Ricard, as well as beginners, and tested the effects of different meditative practices on cognition, behavior, physical and emotional health and brain plasticity.”

“And now, with the help of functional magnetic-resonance imaging, we can trace what happens inside Homer Simpson’s head when he confronts doughnuts. He sees them. The visual signal goes from the eyes to the visual cortex. The brain matches the mind-image of doughnuts to images and emotions stored in his brain’s memory regions: “Mmmm … doughnuts.” Then—bingo!—his brain’s dopamine-producing reward centres light up and have a rip-roaring hootenanny.”

“He [Scott Stossel] describes many studies, such as functional magnetic-resonance imaging, which has shown that anxiety is mediated via a part of the brain called the amygdala, and that anxious people tend to have increased firing of neurones here; […]”

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