Navigating fMRI Data Collection
fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) is a widely-used noninvasive method for characterizing central nervous system function. But how does fMRI differ from MRI? While fMRI scans use the same basic principles as MRI scans, an MRI generates images of the...
T4 Conference Wrap-up
August is a month of barbecues, baseball, and last-minute vacations against the backdrop of a fading summer, and the eighth month of 2019 proved to be an equally exciting time at BIOPAC, with something of a pleasant vacation thrown in. On August 12-14, BIOPAC hosted...
Holiday Happiness: Gratitude or Gifts?
Studies investigated the anxiety of gift-giving, the effects of social support in stressful situations, and what impact meditation has on heart rate, ECG, and blood pressure.
The Physiology of Election Decision-Making
The psychophysiological factors of stress, the behaviors of others, and of introception can play major roles in decision-making, and BIOPAC systems provide measurements of how physiological factors such as these influence decisions.
Dark Current Measurement as a Noise Management Tool
Noise in functional near infrared (FNIR) imaging data utilized for neurophysiological brain functioning research is a challenge to researchers, The use of dark current measurement in functional near infrared (fNIR) brain imaging can provide a valuable tool in identifying and managing certain type of noise in recordings.
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