Natalie

Author's details

Date registered: October 12, 2011

Biography

I study human memory using various fMRI methods.

Latest posts

  1. Revisit: fMRI and the “lit up” brain — April 18, 2012
  2. Muscles and the Mind — See for Yourself — February 18, 2012
  3. fMRI: “The Wonder Machine”? Common Questions and Misconceptions about fMRI Research — November 9, 2011

Most commented posts

  1. Muscles and the Mind — See for Yourself — 5 comments
  2. fMRI: “The Wonder Machine”? Common Questions and Misconceptions about fMRI Research — 2 comments
  3. Revisit: fMRI and the “lit up” brain — 2 comments

Author's posts listings

Revisit: fMRI and the “lit up” brain

The Science News Cycle

I wrote a post a few months ago about some common misconceptions about functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and one of my main points was that the term  ’lights up”, which is often used when describing the areas of the brain that respond to a task, is misleading. Here is what I said on the subject: …

Continue reading »

Muscles and the Mind — See for Yourself

The motor homunculus placed along the primary motor cortex

One of the many reasons I like studying the brain is that its function is so directly tied to all the actions I do every day.  As I go through the world it’s easy to forget that my brain is working hard coordinating my muscles and senses, so I like little demonstrative exercises using ones …

Continue reading »

fMRI: “The Wonder Machine”? Common Questions and Misconceptions about fMRI Research

I am a big fan of the guys on the Stuff You Should Know podcast. In case you don’t know them, they give 30-45 minute talks on all sorts of interesting topics, from historical, to scientific, to current events. In quite a few of these podcasts they have brought up research that used fMRI (functional …

Continue reading »