The paper follows main directions of modern interdisciplinary re¬search in linguistic studies realized with the capabilities of MR equipment (MRI). It presents most important achievements of such research for Humanities in general, with the special focus on its linguistic applications. The main areas of MRI employment in linguistic research and in applied research under investigation are: research in speech perception; research in speech production; research for applied linguistics – primarily for educational applications (language learning and language teaching); research for computer-based speech processing engineering applications (speech synthesis and speech recognition); research for needs of health-impaired therapy and rehabilitation; research for various areas in social sciences (demography, anthropology, etc.).