Smithsonian

Beauty of the Brain

Under the right conditions, patterns emerge from the brain's monumental complexity. One of the newest applications of magnetic resonance imaging tracks the flow of water within cells, revealing neural tracts that make long-distance connections within the brain. In this image of a brain, blue tracts go between the top and bottom, red between right and left, and green between front and back.

Patric Hagmann (2006) / Abrams Books

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