TED Talks
Christopher deCharms: A look inside the brain in real time
TV-PG
2008 • E41 Mar 27, 2008 4mNeuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demos an amazing new way to use fMRI to show brain activity while it is happening -- emotion, body movement, pain. (In other words, you can literally see how you feel.) The applications for real-time fMRIs start with chronic pain control and range into the realm of science fiction, but this technology is very real.