fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
EEG/ERP (Electroencephalography/ Event Related Potential)
fMRI or EEG or ERP
Experimental Design
100
fMRI is good at using this resolution to measure brain activity
What is good spatial resolution?
100
An EEG, or electroencephalography, directly measures this by placing electrodes on the scalp to detect signals from populations of neurons under the skull
What is neural activity?
100
This indirectly measures neural activity by measuring the amount of blood flow to various brain areas. More active areas of the brain use more blood. The powerful magnet in the machine makes the hemoglobin molecules in the blood all orient in the same direction. After high-resolution images are procured, mathematical models are used to build a clearer picture of the activity.
What is fMRI?
100
This group is used when researchers want to see if there’s a difference in neural activity when the same groups of people do multiple tasks.
What is tasks logic?
200
Researchers use fMRI to compare this within expected areas (i.e. amygdala) across two experimental conditions
What is brain activation?
200
ERP is often used in diagnoses of this in neural activity. By applying specific kinds of stimulus, it can be determined if there is this activity by comparing the results to the known responses to the cognitive processes tested
What are abnormalities?
200
This measures the activity of neurons in a specific location in the brain when a stimulus is applied.
What is EEG?
200
This group is used to see if there is a difference in neural activity between different groups of people doing the same task
What is groups logic?
300
This is an average of the EEG data, measuring the response to that specific stimulus.
What is ERP?