Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: What happens inside your brain when you watch your favorite movie? Maybe you wonder what the character thinks or wants to do next? Since characters in movies often act like we do in real life, scientists can use movies as “experiments” to study how our brains work. In this article, you will learn about how scientists have examined people’s brains, using a technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), while the people were watching movies. These experiments help researchers learn about what different parts of the brain do and how brain regions work together in both adults and young children. Movie fMRI experiments have made it more fun to take part in studies and have helped researchers learn how the brain works in “real life” as well as in people who find it hard to take part in other types of fMRI experiments.
Source: Frontiers for Young Minds
Authors: Lorena Jiménez-Sánchez, Melissa Thye, Selina Abel, Naiti Bhatt, Katie Mckinnon, Robina Rubin, Jean Skelton, Rebekah Smikle, Kadi Vaher, Hilary Richardson
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411501883