Neuroscientists Have Been Misreading Brain Scans for Decades
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For 72 hours, enjoy 15% OFF on all Hoverpens with code SABINE, or click on the link https://noviumdesign.shop/sabine - Free shipping to most countries. Also on Amazon: https://noviumdesign.shop/jTAp1f Neuroscientists have long assumed that when a brain region becomes more active, more blood flows to it. That assumption is the entire basis of functional magnetic resonance imaging. A new paper now says it's wrong for about 40% of the signals, and it isn't the only recent study to find that a lot of what we thought we knew about the brain rests on bad measurements. Let's take a look. #science #neuroscience #sciencenews #brain #health 👕T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/
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