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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These scans, taken using fMRI, or functional magnetic resonance imaging, show that strong words such as ‘death,’ ‘trouble,’ ‘carefree,’ and ‘praise,’ trigger different patterns of brain activity in people who are suicidal, compared with people who are not.
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 Nov. 2017
Using data from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology mapped what different brain networks activate when subjects watch clips from a range of movies.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
This all took place inside a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine, which recorded brain activity in real time.
—New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
In a seemingly contradictory finding, research that used functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to study brain responses to disgusting humor did not find a pattern of brain activity that was distinct from plain disgust.
—Anthony Gianni Vaccaro, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 Nov. 2017
Using data from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology mapped what different brain networks activate when subjects watch clips from a range of movies.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
This all took place inside a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine, which recorded brain activity in real time.
—New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
In a seemingly contradictory finding, research that used functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to study brain responses to disgusting humor did not find a pattern of brain activity that was distinct from plain disgust.
—Anthony Gianni Vaccaro, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
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