Today we had our introductory session at YNiC – thanks to Sam and colleagues for doing such a good job with the presentation and demos. We also handed out a short question sheet on what was covered today. Some of the answers will be used to provide supporting information for the exhibition when it opens. […]
Just flicked through Heston Blumenthal’s cookbook ‘Further Pursuits in the search of Perfection’ (he is a celebrity chef who runs The Fat Duck). In it he uses an MRI machine to measure the pleasure generated by a good chilli. “Heston took one of his chefs for an MRI scan to discover the effect that feeding […]
This first session introduced the project team, the project itself and the background in terms of portraiture, MRI, Ethics and work we have done before as a team. The presentation is available as a pdf here.
An interesting MRI game on the Nobel Prize site. Nobel Prize in Medicine – MRI
Looking at the brain to determine the structures associated with OCD: Brain scans ‘may detect OCD risk’
News article on BBC website about using fMRI to look at the ‘reward centre’… Men motivated by ‘superior wage’
The other inspiration for the project was this DNA portrait of leading genetic scientist John Sulston by Marc Quinn. National Portrait Gallery
One of the initial inspirations for the project was this MRI scan made of artist Damian Murphy for a research project at the University of York.
This is the MRI scn of someone who did actualy have no central part to their brain!
