brain scan
Americannoun
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A brain scan might show what happens when someone sees the color red, for example, but it cannot reveal why seeing red feels like anything at all.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
After my meditation, I answered a series of questions about my experience so that the researchers could compare what I felt with what my brain scan showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
When Sandberg was given his results, both the brain scan and the finger-prick test were negative.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
Indeed, in the brain scan study, voice hearers with diagnosed schizophrenia were the last to catch on when the researchers made the appearance of the checkerboard more independent from the tone.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
Studying the brain scans of these Phineas-like patients, the Damasios wonder what a brain scan of Phineas Gage himself would have shown.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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