Techniques to study brain Observation observing the brain Destruction stimulation Lashley destroyed the rat s tissue implanted hunger electrode into rat s brain which made it fat neuropsychological tests using brain patterns to learn about the brain lesion studies CT scans studies structure PET scans studies activity MRI studies BOTH structure and activities FMRI 3D Brain Mapping pictures of brain structure black least dense white dense black area signifies a stroke takes waferthin pictures layer by layer very quick measures brain activity injects radioactive traces more color more activity can find tumors blood flor metabolic activity can tell differences in tissue type Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI fMRI is a functional neuroimaging procedure using MRI technology that measures brain activity by detecting associated changes in blood flow
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