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EEG
electrodes on scalp record electrical activity in brain
microelectrode
activity of a single neuron
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Magnetic properties of body particles are altered, then detected; structural
PET scan (position emission tomography)
maps patterns of blood flow, oxygen use, and glucose consumption; allows for the study of the action of biochemical substances in the brain; functional
functional MRI (fMRI)
provides images of both structure and activity