Mobile cognition: imaging the human brain in the 'real world'

Matthias Stangl1, Sabrina L Maoz2, Nanthia Suthana3,4,5,6

  • 1Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behaviour, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. stangl@ucla.edu.

Summary

Mobile neuroimaging allows studying brain activity during real-world movement, offering new insights into human cognition. This approach promises advancements in understanding neurological and psychiatric disorders.

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