The Scientist, January 31st, 2005
OT gives neuroscientists a new and faster view of the brain, ana an alternative to fMRI | By Laura Spinney Anyone who has been subject to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan knows its limitations: the claustrophobiainducing tunnel, the machine gun rattle, the instruction not to move-none of which is conducive to relaxation. For confused patients and newborn babies, MRI scans are not possible, and researchers who study movement or hearing are severely restricted in what they can test. Now, an alternative noninvasive brain-imaging technique called optical topography (OT) is illuminating are...
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