The phrase "assessing brain activity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to neuroscience, psychology, or medical research when discussing the evaluation or measurement of brain function.
Example: "The researchers are focused on assessing brain activity to better understand cognitive processes during learning."
Alternatives: "evaluating brain function" or "measuring neural activity."
Here we altered healthy participants' visual hand movement feedback in a virtual reality setup, while assessing brain activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
In Nelson's lab, she learned methods for assessing brain activity -- electroencephalography (EEG) and eye tracking -- to help her understand the formation of neural connections in the brains of infants and toddlers.
The objective of this study was to evaluate occlusal condition by assessing brain activity in the prefrontal cortex, which is associated with emotion.
Assessing brain activity by way of electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis is suggested to be the most objective method to evaluate unconsciousness, but this is only applied in experimental set-ups.
Researchers attached 160 electrodes to assess brain activity in both hemispheres, enabling them to see brain signals with improved spatial resolution.
PET provides an excellent opportunity to assess brain activity in either the resting state or when the subject performs a task or is exposed to a stimulus.
The researchers assessed brain activity while the volunteers were either inside the MRI scanner, and under the illusion that they were owning someone else's body.
The H-ALN condition was studied to assess brain activity in a familiar environment in the absence of social interaction.
The first paradigm (Scale) was designed to assess brain activity during a highly constrained paradigm of relatively low musical complexity.
To investigate these questions we assessed brain activity using fMRI while novice and expert meditation practitioners generated a loving-kindness-compassion meditation state.
