Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 555; no. 7698; pp. 657 - 661
• Main Authors: Boto, Elena, Holmes, Niall, Leggett, James, Roberts, Gillian, Shah, Vishal, Meyer, Sofie S, Muñoz, Leonardo Duque, Mullinger, Karen J, Tierney, Tim M, Bestmann, Sven, Barnes, Gareth R, Bowtell, Richard, Brookes, Matthew J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 29.03.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Babies; Brain; Children; Cognitive ability; Design; Drinking - physiology; Equipment and supplies; Female; Head; Head - physiology; Head movement; Humans; Investigations; Lasers; Magnetic Fields; Magnetoencephalography; Magnetoencephalography - instrumentation; Magnetoencephalography - methods; Medical imaging; Methods; Movement; Movement disorders; Navigation behavior; Neuroimaging; Neurology; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Protective equipment; Quantum sensors; Scanners; Scanning; Schizophrenia; Sensors; Sports - physiology; Substrates; Superconductivity; Virtual environments; Wearable computers; Wearable Electronic Devices; United States > US

Imaging human brain function with techniques such as magnetoencephalography typically requires a subject to perform tasks while their head remains still within a restrictive scanner. This artificial environment makes the technique inaccessible to many people, and limits the experimental questions th...