magnetoencephalography
noun
mag·ne·to·en·ceph·a·log·ra·phy
mag-ˌnē-tō-in-ˌse-fə-ˈlä-grə-fē 
-ˌne-
: a noninvasive technique that detects and records the magnetic field associated with electrical activity in the brain
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To better understand how the brain derives these movements from the tune, Morillon and his colleagues measured brain activity in 29 people using magnetoencephalography, a process that measures magnetic fields produced by the brain, as the participants listened to music.
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Anna Von Hopffgarten, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2024
For instance, the University of California has a powerful helium-reliant magnetoencephalography, or MEG, scanner, that doctors use to plan pediatric brain operations.
—Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
Winfried Schlee of the University of Konstanz in Germany and his colleagues have been making some of the most detailed studies of tinnitus ever, using a method called magnetoencephalography (MEG, for short).
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2010
Wang has made headway using an advanced imaging technique called magnetoencephalography (MEG), which records magnetic fields on the outside of the skull that are generated by the electric currents in the brain, and then translating those signals into text.
—Marla Broadfoot, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2023
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Anna Von Hopffgarten, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2024
For instance, the University of California has a powerful helium-reliant magnetoencephalography, or MEG, scanner, that doctors use to plan pediatric brain operations.
—Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
Winfried Schlee of the University of Konstanz in Germany and his colleagues have been making some of the most detailed studies of tinnitus ever, using a method called magnetoencephalography (MEG, for short).
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2010
Wang has made headway using an advanced imaging technique called magnetoencephalography (MEG), which records magnetic fields on the outside of the skull that are generated by the electric currents in the brain, and then translating those signals into text.
—Marla Broadfoot, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2023
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magnetoencephalography
noun
mag·ne·to·en·ceph·a·log·ra·phy
-in-ˌsef-ə-ˈläg-rə-fē
plural magnetoencephalographies
: a noninvasive technique that detects and records the magnetic field associated with electrical activity in the brain
—abbreviation MEG
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