How do we study living brains? - John Borghi and Elizabeth Waters
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As far as we know, there’s only one thing in our solar system sophisticated enough to study itself: the human brain. But this self-investigation is challenging because a living brain is shielded by skull, swaddled in tissue, and made up of billions of tiny cells. How do we study living brains without harming their owners? Elizabeth Waters and John Borghi explain how EEGs, fMRIs, and PETs work.
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- John Borghi, Elizabeth Waters
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- Joash Berkeley
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- Eleanor Nelsen
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