Professor Schmidt is conducting a study that requires participants to sit underneath a head coil while they complete specific activities. The head coil measures a brain's magnetic fields that are involved in the task completion. Which technique is he using?

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Camryn Wiggins

31 January, 17:28

Professor Schmidt is conducting a study that requires participants to sit underneath a head coil while they complete specific activities. The head coil measures a brain's magnetic fields that are involved in the task completion. Which technique is he using?

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Hailie Spence · Answer 1

Answer:Magnetoencephalography

Explanation:

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a functional neuroimaging technique which is used to define or map all the activities that occurs in our brain.

How does it work?

It uses sensitive magnetometers to maps these activities, these magnetometers are capable of detecting and recording magnetic fields that occurs natural as electrical current in our brain.