Futures in Biotech 44: Cogito Ergo Sum by fMRI

Dr. John Gabrieli (MIT) explores memory, thoughts, and emotion by fMRI...

Hosts: Marc Pelletier, Dave Brodbeck

Guest: John Gabrieli; Grover Herman Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

What does the statement:"I think, therefore I am" used by Rene Descartes really mean? What if you could look into the human mind with the most sophisticated instrumentation available? Well in brief, this is what John Gabrieli does in his lab at MIT. He studies memory, thought, and emotion by functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. If only Descartes had an fMRI in the1630-40s!

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