fMRI - How it Works and What it's Good For

ENGLISH
For a long period of time we didn't know anything about that brain. That's because it's extremely hard to measure changes in electric signals that indicate brain activity.
Scientists had to wait until 1992 for the invention of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in order to observe brain activity.
This video was made for the www.fastforwardscience.de competition, but is and will remain freely available for all interested in learning a bit more about how brain scientists use for their work.
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DEUTSCH
Das Gehirn war für eine sehr lange Zeit ein Mysterium. Das liegt daran, dass die elektrischen Ströme, die Aufschlüsse über die Funktionsweise des Gehirns liefern können, extreme schwach und schwer zu messen sind.
Wissenschaftler mussten sich bis 1992 gedulden. Die funktionale Magnetresonanztomographie (fMRT) ermöglicht den Blick in das aktive Gehirn.
Dieses Video erklärt, wie fMRT funktioniert und zu welchem Wissen über das Gehirn es uns verholfen hat. fMRT bleibt ist auch heute noch ein Platzhirsch unter den Methoden der Neurowissenschaftler und wird auch in Zukunft vieles über das Gehirn in Erfahrung bringen.
Dieses Video wurde für den www.fastforwardscience.de Wettbewerb produziert, bleibt aber weiterhin für alle zugänglich, die Interesse daran haben zu lernen, was die Hirnforschung so alles macht.

[@mikim822]

After the class on fMRI, I was like "what??? What just happened in the last 90 minutes?" After watching this video, I'm like "OHHHHHHH. OH OH OH" Many thanks!

[@ScienceOfTeaching]

And because I felt just like you after some of these lectures I made this video :-D

[@chloenguyen2758]

Haha same

[@noorasyed1698]

exactly my experience, except, it was an online class, i ended up watching half of it in my sleep.

[@Arthur-fz5dw]

I recently completed my PhD in psychology/fMRI and I'm now going to start a postdoc using fMRI data. Despite being kind of an expert in the area, I'm still amazed by how it works, and still watching this video from time to time. The best short explanation of this technology out there IMO.

[@cryzzl]

Wow, just perfect! Easy to understand, condensed and on-the-point, garnished with very nice Animations! Thanks a lot :)

[@ScienceOfTeaching]

That was my intention!so glad i got my points across. Thanks for the feedback!

[@Th0ughtf0rce]

+Mikio Herzberg Thanks for the vid. Glad I found this. I'm looking for inspiration because I have to present some fMRI studies in a few days to get a teaching recommendation ^^

[@MRSDR100]

Yes animation was key to helping with understanding.

[@pratikasiwatch8257]

your way of explanation is really comprehensible

[@JoKer-kg3uw]

My Man, you're just saving my exam in Methods of psychology

[@isobel361]

WOW, I have STRUGGLED with this concept for SOOOO LONG, thank you Mikio - it was simple all along!!! You made that very very clear and now I feel very confident for the imaging part of the exam.

[@bobflemming336]

Brilliant video, Philipp! Keep them coming!

[@MRSDR100]

This is EXACTLY the type of explanation I was looking for. REALLY WELL DONE! I understand the mechanisms behind fMRI a lot better now. THANK YOU!

[@danielhain40]

Amazing!!! can you please make more videos ! This is the best youtube i've seen in my 27 years of existence

[@elenatsankova]

Excellent job, Philipp! Good luck!

[@PaulScotti]

Honestly the best explanation of fMRI I have come across so far, much better than the textbook I am currently reading. Thanks a lot!

[@misskrueger]

Wow, very impressive video, I particularly enjoyed the visual aspect of the video with use of excellent animations. Thank you for making this subject more approachable for us doctors who are not radiologists :)

[@huohui]

You get the talent of a great teacher, explain things simple and clear. Thanks.

[@nathanhung9057]

Recently started in a lab with fMRI topics, this is very well explained and easy to understand. Thank you!

[@williamjames3995]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much Mikio!

[@animaaura]

Great job Philipp!! This should continue long-term :)

[@anitas8833]

Wow!! I never understood it until now!

[@peterbloomingdale]

Brilliant. Very well communicated.

[@alexandrasemmler2046]

Really good explanation, Philipp. You will be a great teacher!

[@lisal7557]

Great explanation of a complex topic!

[@rahelyemanaberhan431]

Great video! Really liked the animations and the analogies you used :)

[@jennadjsung7925]

OMG SUCH AN AWESOME VIDEO. Thank you so much for your help!

[@Lmexx89]

Good job! Very cool insights into how the fMRI works. I was in one last year and was actually curious how it functions.

[@Noerfi]

what an amazing video. you're exceptional at explaining difficult stuff. You should get so many more subscribers

[@DrFarazHarsini]

Well done explaining such a complicated topic.

[@rajakaz9755]

This video is amazing! You are amazing!! The way you were able to condense the 2 page garble in my textbook in a mere 6 minutes- Thank you so much!!

[@jym2327]

The last sentence of the video gave me a goose bump.

[@zeyads.el-gendy4227]

Brilliant explanation man! Helped me a lot. Thanks a great deal.

[@mathurakrishnan1973]

Way better and more passionate explanation than my prof

[@nuraskan7911]

This is very helpful! Thank you for sharing!

[@celestenicoleswart3744]

Great job at explaining. Makes it easy to understand thank you!

[@ericaking]

Very well explained with excellent animations and metaphors! Good job!

[@freddapelter8332]

thank you so much for your easy to follow explanation!!

[@rohitbisani]

Great job. Visualization - full points! , analogies for better understanding - full points.

[@WinstonSieck]

Very nice - pretty sophisticated explanation of how fMRI measures brain activity, made understandable.

[@jamo5331]

Finally a video that makes the mechanism behind fMRI easy to understandI! Thanks a lot :)

[@gillespieQMA]

doing research for a project on fMRI... thanks for a great introduction to the topic!

[@alessandropaul9808]

Great explanation, helped me a great deal to understand the workings of FMRI. Thank you.

[@feebee1982]

Thank you, this is so clear!!

[@lauraelizaldecalles3347]

Excellent video, thank you very much. Very very helpful!! :)

[@renacwj]

Great job!!! Nice video editing too!

[@neroagor]

Outstanding explanation, thank you :)

[@soomaallamki1738]

best explanation ever , thank you

[@MrJayPuff]

Great job with the video!!

[@atina2you]

Great video Phillip! Good luck :)

[@katjajv92]

Really cool!!! Interesting and understandable for all ages!!! You have a gift :)

[@ellewaltz89]

thank you so much for the video it helps me a lot understanding how fMRI works!

[@123lightwind]

Beautifully explain!!

[@veronikav3671]

Thank you so much for this. Great explanation.

[@avivayash4857]

great job my friend!!!! keep working its going well!

[@Muzahem96]

A great video ! very simple explained !!!

[@manuelherrerahipnotista8586]

WOW nice explanation. Thanks!

[@abdurrezzakefe5308]

Amazing explanation!

[@MaxiIgl]

Awesome :)! Can't imagine how one could explain it better!

[@danieldahdah7431]

Thank you for your gifted presentation

[@SrenWilhjelm]

FANTASTIC! Thank you!!

[@Bjkr747]

Thank you! Fantastic video, clear explanations and great animations. Even a Pediatrician can follow the Physics of all things technical! Keep up the good work.

[@rozemarijnjongeneel3875]

Awesome explanation

[@AlexPopa92]

Really helpful. Thank you!

[@bavo1312]

Very Nice Video! Thank you!

[@scrupulous1368]

Thank you thank you so much!!! Very clear and impressive! Thank you!

[@milliewatson1401]

Really helpful video! definitely helped with my exam revision :)

[@maunawilde2073]

Thanks for this amazing video

[@urvishah4933]

Amazing explanation

[@apoorvagupta5804]

Amazing video .... very precise and in generic science terminologies... thanks for that.

[@juliahamilton3255]

Thank you so much! I am organizing a journal club for undergrads and this is the perfect place to start!

[@luisenachtwald6659]

Vielen Dank für die super gute Erklärung!!! :)

[@ScienceOfTeaching]

Sehr gerne :-)

[@elili9005]

Very charismatic amazing speech about this complex topic. Very good! :)

[@vigneshjayakumar983]

excellent explanation..

[@awiacja]

Great explanation, science easy to understand !

[@yaacovyoung]

fantastic! I understood more from this than from 4 hours of physio lectures at uni

[@user-ou8gj7rw3x]

Thank you! great explanation

[@colinehagnier]

Very helpful! Thanks :)

[@arifeenmama4441]

This is amazing! So easy to understand for non-native english speaker like me 💓

[@user-uk6yw5bb2r]

thank you soooooooo much for this great video

[@sarathsteed4269]

Great work Bro..

[@rutasventoraityte5013]

Great video!!!

[@antoniss1997]

Great job!

[@lillianayala4829]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@balanced_barrister]

great edit!

[@haejinl463]

Awesome video, you explain so well! Thank you so much! I subscribed

[@Low-key1995]

Incredible explanation, much better then that of my professor medical imaging!!

[@sabiner3693]

Really well explained, thank you! I would suggest to turn the volume of the music a bit down next time, but all in all very helpful :)

[@rachelosterlind2672]

Thank you sooo much!!!

[@carllouis438]

Wonderful thank you!

[@mohammedabdulhaque1634]

brilliantly explained! thanks a lot Mr. Mikio...I wonder if you could also post a video on fNIRS too...

[@cuachanhdong]

Thank you so much!

[@azevedoerika]

That was excellent! Thank you! I am teaching an enrichment course for IB students in Brazil giving them an intro to Neuro-sciences and this video will be very helpful to show them how the brain is studied and how we can say the things we say about the brain and its functions. :)

[@ScienceOfTeaching]

Yes, there was simply no video that would explain it properly. So after 5 years of studying neuroscience and not understanding exactly how fMRI works I just had to do this! I'm glad you find it helpful!

[@avnigautam4508]

Thank you! This was amazing

[@KACZMARCZYK4369]

really insightful

[@kachaby]

really liked it!!!

[@jakobl0]

Great video

[@nrussell2013]

Yes!! Using the human brain to study the human brain...mind blown. My favorite thing about this discipline. Awesome video!

[@HaukeHoltkamp]

Good stuff!

[@gelsominasalvia2082]

Waw THANK YOU SO MUCH !

[@janellefarrell9332]

My God, thank you for that. I get it now. The visual and examples that were given made your explanation of the topic understandable.

[@SudarakaMallawaArachchi]

Good work :D

[@andreaambrozio8460]

Muito bom! Obrigada!

[@mritulachandrasekaran5752]

That was clear and to the basic understanding. Can you give a roadmap of how to start working over fMRI Analysis for a beginner, if possible. Will really help many like me to start over...

[@klaralena3116]

SUPER!!!!!