James S. McDonnell Foundation–sponsored workshops discuss issues concerning functional brain imaging techniques and their use in cognitive neuroscience. Reports from workshops on functional neuroenergetics, the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation, and a workshop on the biological correlates of cognitive functions are available (Recommended Reading 1). This report integrates and summarizes ...

background imaging plays a critical role not only in the detection, but also in the characterization of lung masses as benign or malignant. objectives to determine the diagnostic accuracy of dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (mri) in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant lung masses. patients and methods ninety-four masses were included in this prospective study. five dynamic seri...

The attempt to map functions to different parts of the brain must be one of the most fascinating areas of modern biology. Images of the brain in action can be created in a variety of ways. Some of the most exciting images arise from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a further development of the older magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The technique detects subtle increases in blood f...

Introduction: One of the vital skills which has an impact on emotional health and well-being is the regulation of emotions. In recent years, the neural basis of this process has been considered widely. One of the powerful tools for eliciting and regulating emotion is music. The Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) is part of the emotional neural circuitry involved in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)....

We present a method to compare brain activity recorded with near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in a dance video game task to that recorded in a reduced version of the task using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging). Recently, it has been shown that fNIRS can accurately record functional brain activities equivalent to those concurrently recorded with functional magnetic resonance imaging...

Background: Spatial learning and navigation is a fundamental cognitive ability consisting of multiple cognitive components. Despite intensive efforts conducted with the assistance of virtual reality technology and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) modality, the music effect on this cognition and the involved neuronal mechanisms remain elusive. Objectives: We aimed to investigate the...

In this issue of Neuron, Shmuelof and Zohary use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to demonstrate differential sensitivity of the ventral and dorsal cortical streams of visual processing to images of objects and grasping hands, respectively.

Techniques in neuroimaging such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have helped to provide insights into the role of supraspinal mechanisms in pain perception. This review focuses on studies that have applied fMRI in an attempt to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in the processing of pain associated with fibromyalgia. This article provides an overview of the no...

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a noninvasive technique that is increasingly used to understand the cerebral cortical networks and organizations. In this paper, we describe the role of fMRI for mapping language networks in the presurgical workup of patients with medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Studies comparing fMRI with the intracarotid sodium amobarbital (W...