Brain Imaging: Localization of Brain Functions

Yalçin Odludaş, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Michael I Posner, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Published online: July 2007

DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0000095.pub2

Neuroimaging provides a method to locate areas of the brain activity when organisms perceive or respond to sensory events or carry out a wide variety of tasks. The methods have made it possible to examine where in the brain cognitive and emotional systems are located, thus providing new approaches to understanding normal and pathological human information processing.

Keywords: neuroimaging; human brain; cognitive functions; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); positron emission tomography (PET)

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Odludaş, Yalçin, and Posner, Michael I(Jul 2007) Brain Imaging: Localization of Brain Functions. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0000095.pub2]