On the second and third, they received stimulation to their motor system and then performed a typical psychological task in which they watched brief videos of actors pantomiming actions (about 250 videos each time). (sciencedaily.com)
We use psychological tasks, functional magnetic resonance imaging and neurophysiological measures (pupil dilation and fear potentiated startle reflex) to study these processes in healthy volunteers.» (lebic-amc.nl)
Here, we sequentially conducted both a case - control study and a clinical trial to investigate the potential effects of oxytocin on this difficulty at behavioural and neural levels measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging during a psychological task. (academic.oup.com)