TY - CHAP AU - George Christopoulos AU - Desiree Y. Phua ED - T. Dorina Papageorgiou ED - George I. Christopoulos ED - Stelios M. Smirnakis Y1 - 2014-05-31 PY - 2014 T1 - Social Neuroscience Tasks: Employing fMRI to Understand the Social Mind N2 - The brain is the most complex computational device we know, consisting of highly interacting and redundant networks of areas, supporting specific brain functions. The rules by which these areas organize themselves to perform specific computations have only now started to be uncovered. Advances in non-invasive neuroimaging technologies have revolutionized our understanding of the functional anatomy of cortical circuits in health and disease states, which is the focus of this book. The first section of this book focuses on methodological issues, such as combining functional MRI technology with other brain imaging modalities. The second section examines the application of brain neuroimaging to understand cognitive, visual, auditory, motor and decision-making networks, as well as neurological diseases. The use of non-invasive neuroimaging technologies will continue to stimulate an exponential growth in understanding basic brain processes, largely as a result of sustained advances in neuroimaging methods and applications. BT - Advanced Brain Neuroimaging Topics in Health and Disease SP - Ch. 25 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/58279 DO - 10.5772/58279 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-19 ER -