How does fMRI brain scanning work? Alan Alda and Dr. Nancy Kanwisher, MIT

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  • čas přidán 21. 07. 2013
  • During the filming of "Brains on Trial with Alan Alda," Alan made a special stop in a mock fMRI scanner to understand how it works and how scientists can glean insights.
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Komentáře • 48

  • @cfwintner1
    @cfwintner1 Před 2 lety +9

    Alan Alda is a great interviewer, and Dr. Kanwisher answered in terms everyone can understand. Outstanding video.

  • @williamjayaraj2244
    @williamjayaraj2244 Před 2 lety +4

    Thanks to the interviewer and Dr. Nancy Kanwisher for explaining about the functioning of fMRI scanner.

  • @cigxhang486
    @cigxhang486 Před 2 lety +2

    Very easy to understand! (and sometimes i wonder what my professors are there for)

  • @Voyager602
    @Voyager602 Před 3 lety +1

    very helpful . thanks lot!!

  • @hewakhalilifar3504
    @hewakhalilifar3504 Před 7 lety +4

    GREAT vid! makes me feel excited about neuroimaging!

  • @SamuelFamilyILM
    @SamuelFamilyILM Před 4 lety +15

    ay yo anyone from mrs martinez class here
    -mark

  • @twoblackrabbits
    @twoblackrabbits Před 8 lety +7

    Thank you Nancy. Lmao Got a presentation.

  • @shwarnaaluthayashankar6911

    Probably, half my brain is not working, I should be doing this.

  • @ToastedSynapseGaming
    @ToastedSynapseGaming Před rokem +1

    So an fMRI can be used to see changes when we get a certain stimulus, like when we are asked a question, we see a clip or an image of something or when we hear a sound.
    What I'm more interested in is how they are sending media to a display (I'm assuming it's that rectangular piece that we see in this clip as part of the head cage) or headphones (as I saw in a clip) WITHOUT the device being affected by magnets. That's some fancy engineering that I want to understand. Aluminum wires? Plastic? Mirrors? What's actually happening?

    • @RGAlexanderVision
      @RGAlexanderVision Před 10 měsíci +3

      Yes: mirrors, and often a projector system. The image is projected onto a series of mirrors and sometimes onto a plexiglass screen. The headphones are built from nonmagnetic components.

  • @lanceslifepursuittv7505

    Wow that is cool I want to use this with all my evidence to just rub it in even more.

  • @archemedianviktor1314
    @archemedianviktor1314 Před 7 lety

    Do they still not get the valid of this? Actually aware this is valid and reliable and exactly what is certain ends?

  • @giuseppeesposito2200
    @giuseppeesposito2200 Před 11 měsíci

    Each bang..

  • @saschamrose6498
    @saschamrose6498 Před 3 lety

    3:34 oh really? i couldn't tell xD

  • @bathsheebasbroth8132
    @bathsheebasbroth8132 Před 9 lety +10

    Are you telling me he's not actually a doctor?!!

  • @kumquatninja
    @kumquatninja Před 6 lety +4

    did they talk about the radioactive injection you have to get or nah?

  • @lesliewebb300
    @lesliewebb300 Před 6 lety

    No

  • @dhiahassen9414
    @dhiahassen9414 Před 3 lety +1

    This spent hundreds of hours in that machine

  • @jamesrabon496
    @jamesrabon496 Před 4 lety +1

    Dr. Nancy needs to go out more often

  • @archemedianviktor1314
    @archemedianviktor1314 Před 7 lety +1

    We will see in this and a pet scanner won't we?

  • @calcal5135
    @calcal5135 Před 4 lety +5

    I, a researcher in the field, estimate that 95% (possibly all in humans) of all published fMRI studies are worthless. The reason is that subject motion creates signal variance that swamps the BOLD signal. Although motion correction algorithms are applied to the data they simply do not work well enough to reduce the motion variance to an insignificant value. Most researchers know this to be true but carry on regardless because their career depends upon doing so. Other researchers are simply ignorant of the artifacts that make this method junk.

    • @nathancharles6437
      @nathancharles6437 Před 4 lety

      Cal Cal Can you send any worthwhile sources on that? It sounds interesting and I’d like to learn more.

  • @archemedianviktor1314
    @archemedianviktor1314 Před 7 lety +1

    Hey arrayan; watching what is going to sue you and hold you to your standard?

  • @amuktadir1991
    @amuktadir1991 Před rokem

    TILL neck.

  • @archemedianviktor1314
    @archemedianviktor1314 Před 7 lety

    I am held to my standard based on my results only. I will be held to my standard and you will be held to yours.

  • @johnnyappleseed9605
    @johnnyappleseed9605 Před 9 lety

    first!

  • @archemedianviktor1314
    @archemedianviktor1314 Před 7 lety +1

    Not guilty still

  • @archemedianviktor1314
    @archemedianviktor1314 Před 7 lety +1

    This is for the accusation of three class x felonies; I will be taking an fmri and a pet scanner and disproving your accusations.

  • @archemedianviktor1314
    @archemedianviktor1314 Před 7 lety

    Jam this, then you get sued and get... etc. 🥞

    • @yagzyalcntas553
      @yagzyalcntas553 Před 5 lety +3

      wtf is wrong with you dude? go to a pyschologist get some help

  • @archemedianviktor1314
    @archemedianviktor1314 Před 7 lety

    Arrayan, not getting it? You have been reported to the FBI!!

  • @archemedianviktor1314
    @archemedianviktor1314 Před 7 lety

    Hey arrayan! Watch what is going to ruin you!!! Hooray

  • @archemedianviktor1314
    @archemedianviktor1314 Před 7 lety +1

    Are they confused? Bigger and arrayan either way- your going to get destroyed with this and the pet scanner

  • @archemedianviktor1314
    @archemedianviktor1314 Před 7 lety

    Hey so all of your accusations will be disproved with an fmri and pet scanner