Single unit recording- micro-electrode measuring single neurons or mulitple neurons, its very sensitive
Limitations- only single cells of a small sample of cells, single cell recording in live human brain may be unethical
EEG- poor spatial resolution, useful when task is simple and time-locked
Positron emission tomography- based on detection of positrons, atomic particles emitted by some radioactive substances.- reasonable spatical resolution, poor temporal resolution, indirect measure of activity.
fMRI functional magnetic resonance imagine- structural- indirect measure of neural activity, some areas are hard to scane, scanner is noisy, claustrophobic, supine, experimental design difficulties
MEG- magneto-encephalography- expensive, comfort, artifact, signal dropoff
TMS- mechanism unclear, limited brain areas, specificity
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