# A look inside the brain in real time

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2008
- Speaker: Christopher deCharms
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Business and management, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_decharms_a_look_inside_the_brain_in_real_time)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity -- thoughts, emotions, pain -- while it is happening. In other words, you can actually see how you feel.

## Lectures

1. [A look inside the brain in real time](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/christopher_decharms_a_look_inside_the_brain_in_real_time/0b44d26599b8), 4 min (TED's player)