Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) - PsychDB

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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- Primer
  - Limitations
- Resources

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a neuroimaging modality that measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow. This technique is based on the fact that cerebral blood flow and neuronal activation are coupled.

See also:

Lyon, L. (2017). Dead salmon and voodoo correlations: should we be sceptical about functional MRI?. Brain, 140(8), e53-e53.
Specht, K. (2020). Current challenges in translational and clinical fMRI and future directions. Frontiers in psychiatry, 10, 924.
fMRI: New Phrenology?

Nature: The risks of reading the brain