A first-hand report on the new body scanners: what happens during an MRI or PET scan? the authors draw on their own experiences to describe these new diagnostic procedures and explain why good nursing care is so important[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Magnetic r...
What Happens During an MRI? You'll lie on a table that slides into the MRI machine. Straps might be used to hold you still during the test. Your body might be completely inside the machine. Or, part of your body may stay outside the machine. If you're claustrophobic or have trouble...
What Happens During an MRI? You'll lie on a table that slides into the MRI machine. Straps might be used to hold you still during the test. Your body might be completely inside the machine. Or, part of your body may stay outside the machine. If you're claustrophobic or have trouble...
Women who masturbated in an MRI machine helped scientists show that, from buildup to peak, an orgasm lights up your brain like the night sky on the Fourth of July. Here's what's going on in your mind while you're getting it on. At First Touch The brain's genital sensory cortex re...
Whathappensinourbrainswhenwe'hear'ourownthoughts? Ifyou'veeverhadanimaginaryargumentinyourhead,youmayhave"heard"twovoicesatonce. So,howisitthatyoucan"hear"yourthoughts? Asitturnsout,thebrainundergoessimilarprocesseswhenyou'rethinkin...
MRIs provide more detailed information on brain tumors than CT scans. A test called magnetic resonance spectroscopy can be part of the MRI. It compares a tumor to normal brain tissue, which can help reveal the tumor type or growth pattern. You may need a perfusion MRI, in which your ...
That is a college in the US in California, not far from Los Angeles. My research was all over the place. I studied everything from how visual processing happens in the brain, to, you know, moral processing, moral cognition. And finally, I also studied creativity and specifically how ...
If you’re part of the sleep deprived, read on to learn what happens to your body when you don’t get enough sleep. Here are 19 things you should do all day long for a better night’s sleep. Advertisement Your brain doesn’t work as well iStock When you don’t get adequate s...
One of the biggest things that happens to our brains when we meditate is that it stops processing so much information. Beta waves generally indicate a processing of information. When beta waves are decreased, we see a decrease in information processed. Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, (MRI) we...
The findings suggest that THC induces two of the brain’s principal reward centers to talk to each other. Source: AnnaTamila/Shutterstock Scientists do not have a complete understanding of what happens in the brain when we experience drug-induced euphoria. Most probably, it is s...