The development of brain imaging technology allows researchers to study the brain and to look at the inner injuries in the brain and also drugs and chemicals effects in the brain.
Brain imaging uses several techniques to study the structure and function.
There are different Brain imaging techniques such as electroencephalogram, Magnetic resonance imaging, Functional magnetic resonance imaging,Positron Emission Tomography,Near infrared spectroscopy, etc.
Thus Brain imaging techniques allow researchers to observe the problems inside the brain without doing neurosurgery.
It has allowed researchers to study the brain more efficiently than what they did before. and it also helped them by the researchers being able to find cures for diceases. hope this helps. :)