Image Gallery: Brain Function

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Scientists use different techniques—like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG), or positron emission tomography (PET)—to measure neural activity and other kinds of brain changes at the same time that people are performing mental tasks. They can also study similar brain regions in animals to understand how neurons work together to perform different functions. These types of studies allow us to pinpoint which areas of the brain are involved in specific thought processes.

MRI and EEG
Dimitrios Donavos, Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland; Electrical Geodesics Inc. (EGI)
Brainbow Mouse Neurons
Jeff Lichtman, Harvard University
Mouse Neurons Involved in Learning a New Sound
Behdokht Hosseini, Laboratory of Steven Kushner, Erasmus Medical Center
MRI Showing Blood Flow
John A. Detre and Maria Fernandez-Seara, University of Pennsylvania and University of Navarra
Before and During Transcendental Meditation
Andrew Newberg, Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Before and During Prayer
Andrew Newberg, Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital