An imaging technique utilizing the small differences in regional blood flow that accompany the neural activity in the brain associated with performance of a cognitive or motor task as compared to that found during a period of rest (the baseline). It evaluates cerebral blood flow by looking at the difference between venous oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin using the Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent (BOLD) Contrast technique.
See Attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent Contrast (BOLD signal), Brain (neuro-) imaging, Brain damage studies, Deoxyhemoglobin (dHB), Diffusion tensor magnetic Dyslexia, Electroencephalogram (EEG), Face recognition, Fusiform gyrus, Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), Hemoglobin, Human Connectome Project, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Neuroimaging studies, Occipital-temporal pathway, Optical imaging, Oxyhemoglobin, Resting-state MRI, Structural imaging, T2 signal-weighted (T2-W) technique