MIT “Brain
Scan” Tours
April
25 Tour: Friday, April 25 from 2:00-3:00 p.m.
April 29 Tours:
Tour A: Tuesday, April 29 from 12:00
p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Tour B: Tuesday, April 29 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00
p.m.
Tour C: Tuesday, April 29 from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Tour
D: Tuesday, April 29 from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tour E: Tuesday,
April 29 from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fee: $120 per person
Tours
are limited in size. If you are interested, please sign up early.
Take this special opportunity, for Learning & the Brain participants
only, to tour the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, where you will see an fMRI brain scan in action.
Find out about the Center and what is being learned from brain
scans. One volunteer from each tour group will be selected for
the live scan of his/her own working brain, to be viewed by the
group.
Register
To register, please call 781-449-4010
ext. 101 or 617 388-0906. The full fee must be paid in advance
by check or credit card. We regret that purchase orders cannot
be accepted for this tour. You will be asked to sign a health consent
form for the Athinoula A. Martinos Center.
Volunteer for the Brain Scan
If you
would like to volunteer for the brain scan, please indicate your
interest when you call to register. You will be sent a questionnaire
by the Athinoula A. Martinos Center, which will include personal
questions about your health. The Athinoula A. Martinos Center will
be responsible for selecting the volunteer for the actual brain
scan from each tour group. If you are selected, you will be
asked to sign consent forms.
Location
The Center is located walking distance
from the Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel and the MIT Faculty Club,
where the conference will take place. Walking directions will be
provided to you in advance of the tour.
For further information
or to register, please call 781-449-4010 ext. 101 or 617 388-0906.
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