Secrets of the Brain at Rest

Brain imaging experiments often require the participant to perform tasks while lying inside a brain scanner for up to an hour — not a pleasant experience for anyone, let alone a child with autism. Saturday afternoon at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, Steve Petersen from Washington University in St. Louis described ‘resting state’ imaging, in which participants lie in the scanner for just five to ten minutes.See the video at...SFARI, November 2010.