MRI scanners have revolutionized medicine and provided neuroscientists with some incredibletools for exploring the brain.
But that doesn't mean they're fun to use. They can be annoying, unpredictable beings, and you never know whether they're going to bless you with nice results or curse you with cancelled scans and noisy data.
So for the benefit of everyone who has to work with MRI, here is a devotional litany which might just keep your scanner from getting wrathful at the crucial moment. Say this before each scan. Just remember, the magnet is always on and it can read your mind, so make sure you really mean it, and refrain from scientific sins...
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Our scanner, which art from Siemens,Hallowed be thy coils.Thy data come;Thy scans be done;In grey matter as it is in white matter.Give us this day our daily blobs.And forgive us our trespasses,As we forgive them that trespass onto ...
