A better way to read minds: UC researchers create MRI with vastly improved resolution

A project led by University of California at Berkeley researchers to produce an ultra-high resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device has led to the creation of a scanner that they say is 50 times more detailed than the typical MRI machines currently used at hospitals.

The result is the ability to detect activity in the thinnest human brain cortex as well as higher spatial resolution which has made researchers optimistic about where this could lead several areas of study, including neuroscience and psychology.