Is There a Machine Yet for It?

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F mri movie would give doctors a lot more useful information about the brain. With ides, like if you can put different people in these scanners, you could then begin to map, like, how their brains work. And so this would be functional mri or phemori, looking at the function of the brain.

Will scientists ever fully understand the human brain? In their quest for knowledge, they’ve tried knives, magnets, computers, blood, and even a good metaphor.

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