MIT maps how the brain experiences movies

Share Our brains have to do a lot of work when we watch a movie. There are plots to follow, dialogue to interpret, visuals to take in, and more. Now, scientists have created a detailed map of how the human brain functions during the process.  Using data from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology mapped what different brain networks activate when subjects watch clips from a range of movies. They also saw how different executive networks in the brains are prioritized when watching easy…

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