The Relationships Between Cortical Activity while Observing Images Featuring Different Degrees of Ambiguity and Ambiguity Tolerance.

We performed a fMRI study during which 18 healthy subjects passively viewed abstract images and tried to name them. The images were geometric primitives, impossible images (Penrose images), and ambiguous images (Rorschach inkblots). Activation and deactivation areas were revealed for each task.

Complementary medicine: international experience of functioning and specific features of the application in Ukraine.

Objective: Introduction: Finding an optimal model for the development and functioning of the health care system is an important aspect for most economically developed countries. The aim of this article is to comprehensively study the problems of functioning of complementary (alternative) medicine, to identify the main tendencies of its development in some foreign countries and specific features of its application in Ukraine.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: During the research the authors have used theoretical methods (analysis, synthesis, generalization, systematization, etc.

Possible role and application of fMRI in the screening of release-active drugs.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain was applied for preclinical evaluation of the efficiency of Divaza preparation intended for the treatment of cerebrovascular disorders. Psychological testing (Stroop task) in the magnetic field of fMRI was performed before and after 12-week treatment course using a double blind placebo-controlled protocol. It was shown that standard psychological and neuropsychological protocols do not allow fully estimate the results of treatment, whereas fMRI targeted the pool of cerebral structures activated during task solution.

[Game biofeedback: networking].

Analyzed in the paper are stages of networking of game biofeedback. Three main stages are defined on the basis of practical experience, they are: unification of local databases, use of game biofeedback in local network and training in game biofeedback via Internet. Possible solutions are suggested; technical and organizational issues are discussed on working out and using a set of therapeutic and health-improving training equipment based on the principles of LAN game biofeedback.

[Computer biocontrol systems: trends in development].

The paper considers the basic trends in the development of the new computer technology, such as biocontrol based on the analysis of its development in the past 10 years. New variants of biocontrol, new advances in engineering and use are noted. Emphasis is laid on the new branch of biocontrol computer remedial games.