brain scan
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A brain scan might show what happens when someone sees the color red, for example, but it cannot reveal why seeing red feels like anything at all.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
The shift in energy I experienced while meditating showed up on the results of my brain scan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
As well as severe headaches, medics noticed one pupil was larger than the other, prompting a brain scan which revealed a 5mm-wide aneurysm.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
A court-ordered brain scan revealed that the 71-year-old defendant had been suffering from a walnut-sized brain tumor, which defense attorneys were prepared to argue had affected his judgment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Studying the brain scans of these Phineas-like patients, the Damasios wonder what a brain scan of Phineas Gage himself would have shown.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
