Why just run a brain experiment in the lab, when you can participate?
Here’s a peek at setting up the MEG in the Poeppel lab at NYU:
About to get my head examined:
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July 6th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Just curious… does the MEG turn while it’s operating, or is it fixed?
July 6th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
This all just brought back a memory from 30+ yrs. ago in a high school science lab I had: the teacher was showing us a device to measure galvanic skin response, which she hooked up to the fingers of one of the boys, Walter, in the class and showed how the measuring needle fluctuated depending how he moved. Someone in the crowd piped up asking, “Would it effect the needle at all if Mary [the prettiest girl in class!] were to walk up and kiss Walter?” Just the verbal question alone caused the needle to jump off the chart! Don’t remember how long it took Walter to live that day down…
July 7th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Rich,
The machine isn’t turning, but liquid helium is in the apparatus around my head.
grasshoppa,
Well, we haven’t seen anything quite like that yet, but the results are definitely interesting so far… with lots more to come.
July 7th, 2009 at 7:42 am
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July 7th, 2009 at 9:04 am
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July 7th, 2009 at 10:42 am
@ Lab Lemming -
For a moment I thought she was being inserted with Borg implants! Resistance is futile….
July 7th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
How do they insulate your head from the liquid helium?
July 7th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Carefully.
July 8th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Of course
, but how?
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