Stop the image wobble (VIDEO)
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This simulated video shows the wobbling object in the center that study participants inside an fMRI machine saw on the mirrors above their heads. Their task was to generate a state of mind that would stop the oscillation and, unbeknownst to them, get their brain to represent the object more similarly to an activity pattern that the scientists had previously designated. The black square insert in the upper right-hand corner models what the scientists were tracking in the participants’ brains. The object’s pulsing slowed down and then stopped once the white dot reached the area marked “strong category 1 representation.”
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(Video courtesy of Coraline Iordan)
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