A Brief Guide to Neuroimaging
Dr. Daniel Bor gives a summary of the current neuroimaging techniques used to visualise which parts of the brain are involved in certain processes Dr Daniel Bor.First published on Tue, 01 Apr 2003 as A...
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Rosey Grandage explores the history of acupuncture's relationship with Western medicine Rosey Grandage.First published on Thu, 11 Aug 2005 as Acupuncture. To find out more visit The Open University's...
View ArticleHow FMRI works
Functional magnetic resonance imaging is a technique for measuring brain activity, but how does it work? The OpenLearn team.First published on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 as How FMRI works. To find out more visit...
View ArticleBreaking Science: Coffee, chimps and meteorites...
Robot ethics, how chimps recognise faces, coffee – keeping the car and it's driver going, and are meteorites hot when they hit the ground? The Naked Scientists.First published on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 as...
View ArticleBreaking Science: Stress, fish, financial success...
Important fish, can finger length predict success and are daddy long-legs all that venomous? The OpenLearn team.First published on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 as Breaking Science: Stress, fish, financial...
View ArticleBreaking Science: Science of envy, sugar and kids...
The root of teeth development, cold genetics, the science of complex emotions and does sugar make kids hyperactive? The OpenLearn team.First published on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 as Breaking Science: Science...
View ArticleLooking at brain activity with MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging is a technique for imaging soft tissue, but how does it work? Dr Liz Parvin.First published on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 as Looking at brain activity with MRI. To find out more visit...
View ArticleCan machines be human or would something be lost in the singularity?
Would a future machine-stored consciousness lack the very things which makes people 'human'? Professor Laurie Taylor.First published on Mon, 23 Jul 2012 as Can machines be human or would something be...
View ArticleInside the mind of a simultaneous translator
The world’s most powerful computers can’t perform accurate real-time translation. Yet interpreters do it with ease. Geoff Watts meets the neuroscientists who are starting to explain this remarkable...
View ArticleBeyond mental illness: The potential of the connectome
Could mental illness be a thing of the past one day? John Rowe compares connectome with established techniques for examining the human brain. John Rowe.First published on Thu, 15 Jun 2017 as Beyond...
View ArticleFreeing people caught between life and death
Terrible accidents can leave some patients locked-in: awake but unaware. Roger Highfield meets the people seeking ways to free them. Roger Highfield.First published on Thu, 05 Jul 2018 as Freeing...
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