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Jan 2022
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Comment mesurer précisément les variatio...

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Si vous écoutez fréquemment ce podcast, vous savez que les questions au centre des épisodes ont pour objectif de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement du cerveau. Pour y parvenir les scientifiques - des études ici relatées - utilisent différentes méthodes afin de mesurer les variations de l’activité cérébrale. Mais chacune de ces méthodes ont leurs avantages et leurs inconvénients.

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