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Functional Neuroimaging Can Support Causal Claims about Brain Function

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Cognitive neuroscientists habitually deny that functional neuroimaging can furnish causal information about the relationship between brain events and behavior. However, imaging studies do provide causal information about those relationships-although not causal certainty. Although popular portrayals of functional neuroimaging tend to attribute too much inferential power to the technique, we should restrain ourselves from ascribing it too little.

Source: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21461

Authors: Matthew J. Weber, Sharon L. Thompson-Schill

Institution: University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders