In article ,
Chris Hornbeck wrote:

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:44:31 +0000 (UTC), (Jay
Kadis) wrote:

We also wanted to have rappers scanned to see if they use the speech or
music areas of their brains, but no one wants to fund such a study.

Very cool idea.

There were some other labs trying the electrostatics but they haven't
managed
to get them to work. I'm not sure why.

Do the headphones interfere with the MRI or vice-versa?


The 3 Tesla field in the fMRI machine means no ferro-magnetic materials can be
in the room, like iron and, of course, magnets. Even other metals can distort
the image, but the magnetic field is strong enough to yank anything magnetically
susceptible into the guts of the machine and destroy it.

It's real fun every time you go into the room, as you basically have to strip
down to hospital scrubs to be sure you aren't bringing in anything.

-Jay
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