About

Marie Boer is a faculty member at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech, where her research involves the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study various aspects of neuroscience, psychology, political science, law, and economics. Her laboratory contains research-dedicated Siemens fMRI devices in Roanoke and Blacksburg, enabling the simultaneous scanning of multiple participants during negotiation or game-based experiments using a novel technique called hyperscanning. Her work supports collaborations across multiple institute centers, including the Addiction Recovery Research Center, the Center for Transformative Health Behaviors, and the Computational Psychiatry Unit, which utilize fMRI technology to conduct human research studies. Her research focuses on understanding brain function through advanced imaging techniques, particularly how brain activity correlates with behavior and decision-making processes. She explains the principles of MRI and fMRI, detailing how these imaging modalities produce detailed anatomical images and detect brain activation by measuring blood flow changes associated with neural activity. Her work emphasizes the application of fMRI in studying brain responses to various stimuli, such as visual images or tactile sensations, and its role as a powerful neuroscientific research tool. Additionally, her involvement in the Roanoke Brain Study aims to combine functional brain imaging, computational psychiatry, and genetics to explore decision behavior and its changes over the lifespan, creating a comprehensive resource for scientists, clinicians, and policymakers.

Research topics

• Physics
• Particle physics
• Nuclear physics
• Atomic physics
• Mathematics

Frequent coauthors

• J. van den Brand

  2390 shared

• A. Heidmann

  1917 shared

• E. Chassande–Mottin

  Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie

  1771 shared

• T. Briant

  Collège de France

  1668 shared

• T. Jacqmin

  Laboratoire Kastler Brossel

  1524 shared

• S. Deléglise

  Laboratoire Kastler Brossel

  1427 shared

• M. Wąs

  Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules

  1427 shared

• N. Arnaud

  Université Paris-Saclay

  1391 shared

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