Consciousness in the Human Brain - Maastricht University
Consciousness in the Human Brain - Maastricht University
Consciousness in the Human Brain - Maastricht University
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Watch<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Conscious Bra<strong>in</strong><br />
• Functional<br />
Magnetic<br />
Resonance<br />
Imag<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(fMRI)<br />
3T MRI scanner, at FPN <strong>in</strong> <strong>Maastricht</strong><br />
• What is happen<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>side <strong>the</strong> bra<strong>in</strong>?<br />
• Regional bra<strong>in</strong><br />
activity<br />
What’s fMRI?<br />
FMRI allows <strong>the</strong> time course<br />
of human bra<strong>in</strong> activity to be<br />
imaged.<br />
With fMRI it is possible to<br />
study not only what <strong>the</strong><br />
bra<strong>in</strong> looks like, but also<br />
how <strong>the</strong> bra<strong>in</strong> works when<br />
<strong>the</strong> subject is look<strong>in</strong>g at<br />
images, listen<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
sounds, imag<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
someth<strong>in</strong>g etc.
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