[yalue]

Having to hold perfectly still (possibly in an uncomfortable pose) in a giant machine that's making loud, uncanny noises for 20+ minutes is indeed a very bizarre, meditative experience. It is interesting, but, in my opinion, you're probably going to be happier not having the health concerns that lead to getting an MRI in the first place!

[cj]

I had a MRI in college as part of a psychology experiment.

If you can get into one of those studies, it's a free way to get a picture of your brain!

I think I may have skewed their results, though. MRI is a very meditative experience and I'm pretty sure I fell asleep for brief moments when I was (supposed to be) memorizing and recalling pictures and words they were showing me on a monitor as part of the university experiment.

[nuancebydefault]

Indeed it tends to be meditative, especially because you have nothing else to do then holding still and relax.