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=== Human circulation balance === [[File:Fear_(1896)_(14591577807).jpg|left|thumb|203x203px|Angelo Mosso's 'human circulation balance.']] The 'human circulation balance' was a non-invasive way to measure blood flow to the brain during mental activities.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Weighing brain activity with the balance: Angelo Mosso's original manuscripts come to light |url=https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/137/2/621/280970 |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=academic.oup.com}}</ref> This technique worked by placing patients on a table that was supported by a fulcrum, allowing the table to sway depending on activity levels. When patients were exposed to more cognitively complex stimuli, the table would sway towards the head.<ref name=":7" /> Invented in 1882 by [[Angelo Mosso]], the 'human circulation balance' is said to be the first technique of neuroimaging created and is what Mosso is most known for.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last1=Kolb |first1=Bryan |last2=Whishaw |first2=Ian Q. |date=1980 |title=Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology |url=https://brainmaster.com/software/pubs/brain/Fundamentals%20of%20Human%20Neuropsychology%205th%20Ed.pdf |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=BrainMaster Technologies}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Lankford |first=Harvey V. |date=September 2015 |title=Dull Brains, Mountaineers, and Mosso: Hypoxic Words from on High |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281682917 |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=ResearchGate}}</ref> [[File:WilhelmRöntgen.JPG|thumb|208x208px|Wilhelm Roentgen, creator of the X-ray.]]
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