brain-scan

Glumly he sits there, wearing his brain-scan headgear like a crown of thorns: nothing shows up.

Saints on Percocet 2010

The brain-scan image—a silhouette of the skull, highlighted with bright splotches of primary color—has even become a staple of popular culture, a symbol of how scientific advances are changing the way we think about ourselves.

Brain Scan Overload Jonah Lehrer 2011

Glumly he sits there, wearing his brain-scan headgear like a crown of thorns: nothing shows up.

Saints on Percocet 2010

Glumly he sits there, wearing his brain-scan headgear like a crown of thorns: nothing shows up.

Saints on Percocet 2010

This brain-scan image, made using a functional magnetic resonance imaging scanner, shows brain activity related to the average likability of a new song.

Easy Listening 2011

Research is rapidly advancing to allow thought-decoding through brain-scan technology, and it scares me to death.

The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

To make brain scans possible, researchers placed microphones in the subjects' ears and recorded them listening to clicks and echoes; the sounds were later played back as the patients lay in a brain-scan machine.

Week in Ideas Christopher Shea 2011

Research is rapidly advancing to allow thought-decoding through brain-scan technology, and it scares me to death.

The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

I suspect the brain-scan methodology will meet the same fate.

Is There a Scientific Explanation for Justin Bieber? Eric Felten 2011

Dr. Carome co-wrote a letter pointing out the variability in brain-scan test results that was published last week in JAMA.

When Median Doesn't Mean What It Seems Carl Bialik 2011