Describe How Researchers Use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron

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Essay

Describe how researchers use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) to understand the brain.What does each technique allow the researcher to learn about brain function? Is one technique better than the other? If so, please explain.

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Definitions:

MC

Stands for Marginal Cost, which is the cost of producing one additional unit of a good or service.

MR

Marginal Revenue, the increase in revenue that results from the sale of one additional unit of output.

ATC

Average Total Cost, a calculation used in economics to find the total cost per unit of output when all fixed and variable costs are taken into account.

Economic Profits

The profit a company makes after accounting for both its explicit and implicit costs, including opportunity costs.