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David Gerber manages laboratory operations at a university brain imaging center. His contributions to Biology Insights explain neuroimaging techniques. He has run human fMRI and EEG studies for 21 years, handling participant protocols and study documentation. Gerber went to the University of South Florida for undergraduate psychology and received a master’s in cognitive neuroscience from Florida State University. He works daily with volunteers navigating scanning sessions.

Two Modes of Visual Awareness: Focal and Ambient Eyes & ENT
What Is Neurovascular Coupling and How Does It Work?Brain & Nerves
What Does the Inferior Colliculus Do?Brain & Nerves
What Are Columnar Sounds? How the Brain Processes Auditory Input Brain & Nerves
What Is Temporal Processing in the Brain?Brain & Nerves
Does the Cerebellum Control Emotions?Brain & Nerves
What Aspects of Frontal Lobe Function Allow for Insight?Brain & Nerves
How the Brain Assigns Border Ownership to Visual Edges Brain & Nerves
What Functions Are Specific to the Insular Lobe?Brain & Nerves
How Brain Parcellation Maps the Brain’s Functional Regions Brain & Nerves
What Is Stress-Induced Analgesia and How Does It Work?Brain & Nerves
What Is a Retrograde Tracer and How Does It Work?Biology
What Resting State Functional Connectivity Reveals Brain & Nerves
What Happens If the Blood-Brain Barrier Is Damaged?Brain & Nerves
Can You Hallucinate Pain? The Brain’s Role Explained Brain & Nerves
Incentive Salience: Why We Want Things We Don’t Like Mental Health
What Is the Frontoparietal Network (FPN) in the Brain?Brain & Nerves
What Is a Brain Graph and How Does It Work?Brain & Nerves
What Is Hyperalignment and How Does It Work?Bones & Muscles
The DACC: A Brain Hub for Cognition and Emotion Brain & Nerves
How the Mouse Visual Cortex Processes Visual Information Brain & Nerves
What Is a Transparent Brain and Why Is It Important?Biology
From Antibodies to a Theory of Consciousness Biology
How Targeted Memory Reactivation Works and Its Uses Sleep
What Is Leaky Brain? The Science of a Compromised Barrier Brain & Nerves
What Is P50 Latency and the Sensory Gating Mechanism?Brain & Nerves
What Is the Medial Habenula and What Does It Do?Brain & Nerves
What Is the Relationship Between Tau Proteins and Brain Damage?Brain & Nerves
What Is Cortical Thinning and What Causes It?Brain & Nerves
The Biological Causes of Cross Dominance Brain & Nerves