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Can cognitive processes be inferred from neuroimaging data?
Poldrack, R. A. (2006). Can cognitive processes be inferred from neuroimaging data?.
Level D Review doi:10.1016/j.tics.2005.12.004
What this study supports
Supports the argument that inferring a mental state from observed activity is weak unless that activity is selective; the site applies the argument to bodily signals by analogy.
- Who was studied
- Conceptual analysis of reverse inference in neuroimaging, with a quantitative illustration from a database of imaging studies.
- Design
- Review
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
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