Working with brain scans: Digital images and gestural interaction in fMRI laboratory

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-508

  Alac, Morana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital images; fMRI; Gesture; Laboratory studies; Multimodal semiotic interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 49249087412     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312708089715     Document Type: Article

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