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AP Psychology 2.4 Biological Bases of Behavior. A 3D X-ray of the brain that shows structure but not function is called what?

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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by 3d x-ray imaging [Person wearing 3d glasses in an x-ray machine]

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complete and total transparency now in funky red and blue okay here's a

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question a 3d x-ray of the brain that shows structure but not function is

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called what and here are the potential answers..

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...Okay so the key here is structure over function we're [A key and a brain appears]

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talking the structure of the brain not the activity within it think of it like

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fashion over function this x-ray only cares about outer appearances which [Person photographing a woman on a catwalk]

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sounds like a good reason to break up if you ask us all right now starting with A

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we've got a PET scan or positron emission tomography scan which is a

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nuclear imaging test that creates images of the functional processes of the body [Pet scan definition]

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on a brain it'll look something like this...this scan is all about function

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it's not in it for the fashion and remember fashion over function is what [Woman with a brain for a head being photographed on a catwalk]

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we're looking for here so we can cross out A. What about B; fMRI or functional

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magnetic resonance imaging bit of a spoiler in the title there huh? This

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imaging procedure is definitely functional it measures brain activity by

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way of detecting associated changes in blood flow how? Because blood flow to the [Brain and a blood drop on either side of a weighing scale]

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brain and neuronal activation are linked where there's blood there's action and

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no we're not talking about the latest transformers movie okay C doesn't work

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either because an EEG or electroencephalogram is a test that

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detects electrical activity in the brain via electrodes seeing is it's all about [A little girl with electrodes attached to her head]

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all electrical activity it doesn't fit coincidentally that's the exact reason

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it wasn't the title for the transformers new movie.. Well D isn't right

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either because an EKG or electrocardiogram is focused on

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electrical activity too but that's not the main reason it's wrong cardio means [Electrical pulses appear]

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heart so you can guess that an electrocardiogram is performed on your

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heart not your brain and wouldn't want to mix those two up leaving us with E..A

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CT or computerized tomography scan compiles x-ray images of the brain into

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a complete and structured image.. however the image doesn't change it's a [Man falls off a CT scan table]

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passive 3d image of the brain that doesn't show it performing a function

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and is often used to assess injury from trauma so it looks like E is our answer

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and unfortunately it doesn't quite pick up emotional trauma caused by really bad [A woman giving her ex boyfriend items in a box]

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breakup experiences, though scientists have hoped that one day a CT will pick up

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the signs of empty ice cream cartons and quietly hummed Adele songs....[Doctors looking at a man in a CT scanner]

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