Mind Readers

Danushka Bandara G’12 wears the functional near-infrared spectroscopy device.

For decades, medical researchers have understood which areas of the brain are devoted to abilities, memories and emotions. And physicians have long been able to closely examine our brains with magnetic fields in MRI scanners for health purposes. Newhouse School Research Associate Professor Leanne Hirshfield’s research takes things to a whole new level.

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