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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

A new technique with implications for psychology and psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anthony David*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Andrew Blamire
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Magnetic Resonance Center, Yale University, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, Connecticut, CT 06510, USA
Hans Breiter
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Massachusetts, MA 02129, USA
*
Correspondence
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