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fMRI Revolution
Functional MRI enabled non-invasive mapping of brain activity in living humans.
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), developed in 1991, measures blood oxygenation as a proxy for neural activity, enabling non-invasive mapping of brain function in living humans. fMRI revolutionized cognitive neuroscience by allowing researchers to observe which brain regions activate during specific tasks.
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