researchers are beginning to use fMRI for bio-feedback to treat psychological problems such as addiction, pain and depression. by watching a real-time scan of the areas of the brain rich with oxygen, you can get understand your own thought processes and possibly even control them. recent findings about mental plasticity suggest that repeating such exercises could lead to permanent repair of undesirable thought circuits. just like dancing in front of the mirror, watching ourselves think could make us exercise our mental muscles with greater precision and grow agile minds.
via technology review