MRI

Question 1

What is MRI?

Answer 1

Magnetic resonance imaging. Scanners use a magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy to make pictures of organs and structures inside the body, including the brain. This technique is used to find changes in brain structure.

Question 2

MRI - Strength

Answer 2

It enables researchers to pinpoint specific brain structures which may be damaged or have increased grey matter to identify the link between brain and behaviour

Question 3

MRI - Limitation

Answer 3

MRI scanners are prone to disturbance caused by noise, temperature and human error in calibration, which means that they are not always reliable.