The severity of symptoms in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) varies greatly across individuals in the first year after ...

Nancy Kanwisher was granted access to the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. After making little headway using the nascent technology to ...

The ability to read a person's thoughts may not be science fiction for much longer.

Strictly speaking, fMRI machines measure the blood's oxygen level through a technique called blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) contrast. The BOLD fMRI signal is supposedly related to blood ...

In this online psychology course, you will explore Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) as a technique for investigating the living, functioning human brain. By completing this course, you ...

they placed a few volunteers inside a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine. This machine measures changes in ...

But fMRI machines cost millions of dollars and can outweigh a fully grown elephant, limiting their usefulness outside the lab. Because neuroscientists are generally unwilling to stick recording ...

Using fMRI data collected from people viewing film clips, MIT neuroscientists created a comprehensive map of the cerebral cortex, identifying 24 networks that perform specific functions.