Scientific American
reports on neuroscientists who are trying to educate people about the pitfalls of relying on fMRI to draw conclusions about brain activity. Frankly, while I understand the point that brain function is more diffuse and activities are not really "located" in certain brain areas, the whole thing is rather confusing since in nursing we don't delve much deeper than "Broca's area" and "Wernicke's area," which are modules in specific brain locations. Just something to keep in mind if reading news/journals, I guess.
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