Hugh Aldersey-Williams on September 9, 2013
FMRI scanning of the brain provides graphic images of mental activity and is being used to probe everything from creativity to moral behaviors such as lying. The pictures are compelling, and increasingly commonly seen in the popular press, but how many people understand what they are really looking at?
FMRI scanning of the brain provides graphic images of mental activity and is being used to probe everything from creativity to moral behaviors such as lying. The pictures are compelling, and increasingly commonly seen in the popular press, but how many people understand what they are really looking at?