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Brain’s Reaction to Gross, Scary Images Predicts Political Ideology

Agent2014-10-31T18:16:05-04:00October 31st, 2014|Brain MRI, MRI, MRI Research, Radiology|

What's scarier, an MRI brain study showing participants images of dirty toilets and mutilated bodies, or its researchers concluding that your reaction to such images is enough to predict whether you lean towards political conservatism or liberalism? Researchers from the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute published their study, entitled Nonpolitical Images Evoke Neural Predictors of [...]

MRI Study Reveals Similarities in how Dogs and Humans Process Emotions

A new Hungarian study published in the journal Current Biology has discovered through MRI that brains of dogs and humans respond similarly upon hearing vocal cues such as crying and laughter. To produce a quality MR image, the person (or animal!) must be able to lie completely still within the scanner. 11 pet dogs participated in [...]