Techniques used to study the

brain in relation to behaviour

Prisha
What exactly am I supposed to know?
• The choice of techniques used to correlate the brain with behaviour is
based on a variety of factors including opportunity, available
technology and cost. There are strengths and limitations to the
different techniques used to study the effects of the brain on
behavior; however, the contribution of different techniques has
helped to understand behavior. Examples of techniques include fMRI,
MRI, EEG, CAT, and PET.
MRI
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a type of scan that uses strong
magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of the
inside of the body. An MRI scanner is a large tube that contains powerful
magnets. You lie inside the tube during the scan. (it is very scary can
confirm)
• MRI’s are expensive but they’re becoming more available
• Studies that use MRI:
1.Louis Lebornge 
2.Draganski et al 
3.McGuire et al 
fMRI (more like vMRI but okay)
•  fMRIs are a modification of a regular MRI machine. Whereas MRIs simply
show the structure of the brain, fMRIs can record ongoing brain activity.
• https://youtu.be/3fNf8KX1AlQ
• Studies that use Fmri:
1.Fisher, Aron and Brown 
2.Antonova
3.Merzenic
4.Shaort et al
 POP QUIZ
What is the full form of EEG? (I for sure know)
 Electroencephalogram
(If any of you ask me to pronounce this I am never helping y’all panic study a day before the exam I swear)
EEG
• The electroencephalogram (EEG) is a neuroimaging test which can detect
and record minute changes in electrical activity within the brain. This is
recorded using macroelectrodes (large, flat electrodes stuck to the skin or
scalp).
• Studies EEG was used in:
• 1. Merzenic et al
Citations
• https://www.simplypsychology.org/what-is-an-eeg-test-and-what-is-it
-used-for.html
• https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/mri/about/pac-203847
68#:~:text=Magnetic%20resonance%20imaging%20(MRI)%20is,large
%2C%20tube%2Dshaped%20magnets
.
• https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info/fmribrain#:~:text=Functional%
20magnetic%20resonance%20imaging%20(fMRI,or%20to%20guide%
20brain%20treatment
.
• InThinking
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