Scanning The Brain While Looking At Scans

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By Neuroskeptic
Dec 28, 2011 2:55 AMNov 5, 2019 12:14 AM

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A new study investigated what goes on in the brain when doctors make a diagnosis.

Radiologists use X-rays and other imaging techniques to diagnose diseases - but in this study, they went into the scanner themselves. Brazilian researchers Marcio Melo et al used fMRI to record neural activity while the radiologists were shown an array of chest X-rays.

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