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Author Uttal, William R.

Title Reliability in cognitive neuroscience : a meta-meta analysis / William R. Uttal
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2013
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) : illustrations
Contents Meta-analysis-the idea -- Meta-analysis-the methodology -- Meta-analysis-on the reliability of cognitive neuroscience data-an empirical inquiry -- Theories of the mind-brain -- Current status and future need
Summary Cognitive neuroscientists increasingly claim that brain images generated by new brain imaging technologies reflect, correlate, or represent cognitive processes. This book warns against these claims, arguing that, despite its utility in anatomic and physiological applications, brain imaging research has not provided consistent evidence for correlation with cognition. It bases this argument on a review of the empirical literature, pointing to variability in data not only among subjects within individual experiments but also in the meta-analytical approach that pools data from different experiments
Analysis COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology
NEUROSCIENCE/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Cognitive neuroscience.
Meta-analysis.
Brain -- Physiology
Brain mapping.
Brain -- Physiology -- Review
Brain mapping -- Review
Cognition -- Review
Reproducible research.
Mental Processes -- physiology
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Reproducibility of Results
Brain Mapping
SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
Brain mapping
Brain -- Physiology
Cognition
Cognitive neuroscience
Meta-analysis
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012016250
ISBN 9780262312042
0262312042
9780262312035
0262312034
9781283953184
1283953188
0262312050
9780262312059