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fMRI, Neuron Data Validated

Brain scans using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) don't always get a lot of respect. They have been accused of being used to produce research that is colorful but not particularly insightful. One study used fMRI to find…

fMRI Lie Detection Going Commercial

The quest for an effective lie detector has continued for centuries, if not millennia. Unfortunately, current polygraph technology doesn't work much better than throwing an accused witch in a river to see if she sinks. For the last few…

High-Res PET Scans Said Better Than fMRI

South Korean neuroscientists experimenting with high-resolution positron emission tomography (PET) brain scans claim the technique offers more accurate results than fMRI techniques. Cho Zang-hee, the director of Gachon University of…

fMRI Studies of Anti-Smoking PSAs

Just about all of the fMRI studies we've seen or heard about are for commercial advertisers, but it looks like the neuromarketing bug has bitten the smoking cessation crowd. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have conducted a…

fMRI Studies Overrated?

A provocative article in Seed by Yale's Paul Bloom, Seduced by the Flickering Lights of the Brain, suggests that scientists are getting carried away with their reliance on fMRI studies....This is more than just phrenology. But it is not so…