(Description) Figure 6 Image of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scanning. The participant in an fMRI study responds to images, sounds or other stimuli while lying in a scanner. Use of magnetic fields to monitor blood flow in the brain yields information about which brain regions are active.

Week 4: Explaining autism: mind and brain

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This photograph shows a person about to be scanned by an fMRI machine.