functional magnetic resonance imaging
noun
: magnetic resonance imaging used to detect physical changes (as of blood flow) in the brain resulting from increased neuronal activity
called also functional MRI
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The University of Haifa researchers plan to follow the survivors for years, tracking their neural activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI.
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Gal Koplewitz Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Researchers have developed a series of technological improvements that dramatically increase the spatial resolution of an fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) machine.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2023
Others are studying the workings of the brain using modern technologies, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation, in attempts to unravel the conundrum of consciousness.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
Rebecca Saxe, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her colleagues scanned 42 infants ranging in age from two to nine months using a special functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) helmet designed specifically for babies.
—Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2021
In three different experiments, similar regions of the brain were activated when subjects admitted their minds had wandered from a task, as shown here in functional magnetic resonance imaging scans.
—Tim Vernimmen, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2022
In a recent study, the researchers asked about a hundred 15-year-olds to listen to a piece of music while their brain was scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which shows which areas of the brain are active during a certain task.
—Eva Amsen, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
Participants listened to the stimuli while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2023
In 2011 researchers from Emory University used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow, to predict the commercial success or failure of songs.
—Lucy Tu, Scientific American, 30 June 2023
Gal Koplewitz Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Researchers have developed a series of technological improvements that dramatically increase the spatial resolution of an fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) machine.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2023
Others are studying the workings of the brain using modern technologies, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation, in attempts to unravel the conundrum of consciousness.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
Rebecca Saxe, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her colleagues scanned 42 infants ranging in age from two to nine months using a special functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) helmet designed specifically for babies.
—Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2021
In three different experiments, similar regions of the brain were activated when subjects admitted their minds had wandered from a task, as shown here in functional magnetic resonance imaging scans.
—Tim Vernimmen, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2022
In a recent study, the researchers asked about a hundred 15-year-olds to listen to a piece of music while their brain was scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which shows which areas of the brain are active during a certain task.
—Eva Amsen, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
Participants listened to the stimuli while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2023
In 2011 researchers from Emory University used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow, to predict the commercial success or failure of songs.
—Lucy Tu, Scientific American, 30 June 2023
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