How to Use functional magnetic resonance imaging in a Sentence

functional magnetic resonance imaging

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  • In the second study, the researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging to look at the brain activity of 24 people after eight hours of sleep and after a night of no sleep.
    — Hafsa Khalil, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022
  • When someone looks at an image, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans can detect changes in blood flow to regions of the brain.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Second, the brain of each child was scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while the child listened to very short (15-second) stories.
    — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The researchers put people in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner and gave them the standard press-a-key-unlessyou-see-three test.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
  • Thanks to a process called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), scientists can now see the changes in brain blood flow to measure brain activity.
    — chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • In fact, functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain demonstrates that humans process written language letter by letter, sound by sound.
    — New York Times, 22 May 2022
  • In humans, this region lights up on a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner when numbers start to vary—a sign that cells are working hard to puzzle through the difference.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 20 Dec. 2019
  • In a more recent variant of the experiment, scientists use functional magnetic resonance imaging to look directly at the brain of an infant reacting to photos of the mother and of a stranger.
    — James Taranto, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2017
  • But with the arrival of functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure brain activity, scientists in the last few decades have been able to study the brain activity of dyslexics.
    — Lisa Wood Shapiro, WIRED, 18 June 2018
  • The trial participants underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at the start of the trials and then one day after the second (25-mg) dose of psilocybin.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
  • To capture the brain activity, the team used a technique called resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI).
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2020
  • The new findings are part of a field of research that dates back about a decade and began with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies showing that people's brains respond similarly when watching a film.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The technique is very fast, but catches fewer details compared to the nuances of data obtained by an fMRI, or functional magnetic resonance imaging machine.
    — Ritoban Mukherjee, Quartz, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The researchers also use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to look at whether playing the video game causes changes to the structure or activity of participants’ brains.
    — Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The study observed 13 females and 11 males responding to tasks while inside a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine.
    — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • Both studies made use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which uses powerful magnetic fields to image the brain and detect the changes in blood oxygen caused by differences in the firing rate of the cells in different areas.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2012
  • In the experiment, researchers used a technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging to see which parts of the participants’ brains were activated by a series of pictures.
    — Cheryl Winokur Munk, WSJ, 2 June 2021
  • The system interpreted information from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain scans, which detect changes in blood flow to active regions of the brain.
    — Bykamal Nahas, science.org, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The participants' brain activity was tracked by a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine while they were shown each of the photos and subjected to physical pain (a hot stimulus on their left arm).
    — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Next, the researchers scanned the brains of thirteen pet dogs of various breeds in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner while presenting the pooches with objects emitting neutral or weak thermal radiation.
    — Virginia Morell, Science | AAAS, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Over the past decade or so, however, using techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers have begun to understand what happens in the brains of patients with this enigmatic illness.
    — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2020
  • External, non-invasive technologies like electroencephalograms (EEGs) or functional magnetic resonance imaging tend not to have the kinds of resolution—across the brain and over time—to do things like control a computer.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 17 July 2019
  • But Gulur is currently developing a new study in which the brains of pain patients wearing green glasses will be scanned with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to see if the inhibitory pathway indeed exists.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The statement said researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to examine regions of the brain at an area called the voxel level, to look at connectivity within and between the brain’s different networks.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2022
  • To find out, scientists trained eight dogs—mostly border collies—to lie still in a functional magnetic resonance imaging scanner while viewing photos of strangers with either happy or neutral expressions.
    — Virginia Morell, Science | AAAS, 27 Mar. 2018
  • In addition, the researchers analyzed the activity between and within all the neural networks of the brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging.
    — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Approaches include using optogenetics, or the use of light, to turn circuits on and off, and functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to measure and map brain activity.
    — Clare Ansberry, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2021
  • Distinction between the literal and intended meanings of sentences: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of metaphor and sarcasm.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2011
  • 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
  • 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

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