Dissociations in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience

被引:10
作者
Machery, Edouard [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Hist & Philosophy Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
关键词
NEGATIVE BOLD; BRAIN; ATTENTION; INFERENCE; LESSONS; SCIENCE;
D O I
10.1086/668002
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
In this article, I compare the epistemic standing of the function-to-structure inferences found in cognitive neuroscience and of the inferences based on dissociations in neuropsychology. I argue that the former have a poorer epistemic standing than the latter.
引用
收藏
页码:490 / 518
页数:29
相关论文
共 43 条
[41]   What do double dissociations prove? [J].
Van Orden, GC ;
Pennington, BF ;
Stone, GO .
COGNITIVE SCIENCE, 2001, 25 (01) :111-172
[42]   Neurometabolic coupling in cerebral cortex reflects synaptic more than spiking activity [J].
Viswanathan, Ahalya ;
Freeman, Ralph D. .
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE, 2007, 10 (10) :1308-1312
[43]   Opinion - The relevance of behavioural measures for functional-imaging studies of cognition [J].
Wilkinson, D ;
Halligan, P .
NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE, 2004, 5 (01) :67-73