Brain mapping
Brain Mapping
Brain mapping is a set of neuroscience techniques predicated on the mapping of (biological) quantities or properties onto spatial representations of the (human or non-human) brain resulting in maps.
Pronunciation
/breɪn ˈmæpɪŋ/
Etymology
The term "brain mapping" is derived from the words "brain", the organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, responsible for coordinating the actions and transmitting signals to and from different parts of the body, and "mapping", which refers to the act of creating a spatial representation of an area or object.
Related Terms
- Neuroimaging: The process of producing images of the structure or activity of the brain or other part of the nervous system by techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT).
- Neuroscience: The scientific study of the nervous system.
- Cognitive Mapping: A type of mental processing, or cognition, that involves psychological spatial representations, or cognitive maps.
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI): A functional neuroimaging procedure using MRI technology that measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow.
- Electroencephalography (EEG): An electrophysiological monitoring method to record electrical activity of the brain.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Brain mapping
- Wikipedia's article - Brain mapping
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