LOCALIZATION IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE: OPTIMISM (BECHTEL) VERSUS SKEPTICISM (UTTAL)
LOCALIZATION IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE: OPTIMISM (BECHTEL) VERSUS SKEPTICISM (UTTAL)

Summary/Abstract: In the last years, there is a strong dispute regarding localization of particular neural areas through neuroimaging (using fMRI, PET, etc.) that are correlated with specific mental states in cognitive neuroscience. Many researchers (Becthel, for instance) working in cognitive neuroscience are quite optimistic regarding the results of their works. However, other people (Uttal, for instance - their number has increased in the last years) inquire about the status of the empirical results offered by neuroimaging tools and such correlations. It seems that a new framework of thinking is necessary for solving the actual problems of cognitive neuroscience.

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