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=== Brain imaging ===
[[File:Connectome extraction procedure.jpg|thumb|upright=3|Process from MRI acquisition to whole brain structural network<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0060159 |title=Mapping the Structural Core of Human Cerebral Cortex |year=2008 |last1=Hagmann |first1=Patric |last2=Cammoun |editor1-first=Karl J. |first2=Leila |last3=Gigandet |first3=Xavier |last4=Meuli |editor1-last=Friston |first4=Reto |last5=Honey |first5=Christopher J. |last6=Wedeen |first6=Van J. |last7=Sporns |first7=Olaf |last8=Friston |first8=Karl J. |journal=PLOS Biology |volume=6 |pages=e159 |pmid=18597554 |issue=7 |pmc=2443193 |doi-access=free }}</ref>]]

[[File:Magnetoencephalography.svg|thumb|right|[[Magnetoencephalography]]]]

It may be possible to create functional 3D maps of the brain activity, using advanced [[neuroimaging]] technology, such as [[functional MRI]] (fMRI, for mapping change in blood flow), [[magnetoencephalography]] (MEG, for mapping of electrical currents), or combinations of multiple methods, to build a detailed three-dimensional model of the brain using non-invasive and non-destructive methods. Today, fMRI is often combined with MEG for creating functional maps of human cortex during more complex cognitive tasks, as the methods complement each other. Even though current imaging technology lacks the spatial resolution needed to gather the information needed for such a scan, important recent and future developments are predicted to substantially improve both spatial and temporal resolutions of existing technologies.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Glover |first1=Paul |last2=Bowtell |first2=Richard |year=2009 |title=Medical imaging: MRI rides the wave |journal=Nature |volume=457 |issue=7232 |pages=971–972 |bibcode=2009Natur.457..971G |doi=10.1038/457971a |pmid=19225512 |s2cid=205044426 |doi-access=free}}</ref>