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Discuss how the current rate of progress in the development of new and better brain scanning devices may eventually render behavioral tests of brain damage obsolete. Are there specific behavioral skills that the brain scans would not be able to describe in as much detail as old fashioned assessment? What other applications for brain imaging technology could be applied to treating mental illness? i.e. selecting the best antidepressant for an individual.

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The expert discusses how the current rate of progress in the development of new and better brain scanning devices may eventually render behavioral test of brain damage obsolete.

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Brain scanning include Computerized Axial Tomography scan, Magnet Resonance Imaging, Magnet Resonance Angiography, and nuclear and Positron Emission Tomography scans. All of these scans have various functions. Some look at the blood supply of the brain, others look at the structural damages, some look at tumors, ...

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