A Look Within.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Gabrieli, John
- Source
- Scientific American. Mar2018, Vol. 318 Issue 3, p54-59. 6p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Graph.
- Subject
- *BRAIN imaging
*MENTAL depression
*THERAPEUTICS
*BRAIN mapping
*PSYCHOTHERAPY
*INDIVIDUALIZED medicine
- Language
- ISSN
- 0036-8733
The article focuses on imaging technologies that could offer treatment for addiction and depression. It refers to various brain-imaging techniques that reveal brain differences among people to predict the effectiveness of a given drug or talk therapy. It highlights the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's study on the prospects for predicting whether a treatment might work through brain imaging.