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Old professor of mine used to put himself into his research MRI and perpetually scan his brain, claimed that the fields would help him think faster. Blood is d
by niemandhier 2y ago
Old professor of mine used to put himself into his research MRI and perpetually scan his brain, claimed that the fields would help him think faster.
Blood is diamagnetic or paramagnetic depending on the oxygenation, and fields stronger than 2T have been shown to have effects on neural activity, so who knows maybe he was right.
- DrillShopper 2y agoI always feel lightheaded around high field MR scanners
- nick3443 2y agoIt's been shown that humans can perceive the earth's magnetic field, which is weak. A 2T field doing "something" to us is plausible.
- ahazred8ta 2y agoWeak, yes, 1/30000th of a Tesla.
- pierrefermat1 2y agoCurious if you could link some relevant papers on this?
- hnisoss 2y agosee the references linked in 10.3389/fnins.2020.00419
- nullc 2y agoThe RF exposure is pretty considerable. I'd bet on RF heating from multi-kw VHF pulses being a more likely cause of any measurable effects.
- hnisoss 2y agoI wonder if he would achieve the same perceived effect being in a very bright room.