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BSP 83: William Uttal: Is brain imaging the new phrenology?

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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Brain Imaging Is at the Wrong Level of Analysis

Brain imaging is at the wrong level of analysis if we are trying to explain how the brain makes the mind. This under-determination problem also means that scientists who agree on the basic assumption can come up with models that are totally opposite. People now are doing a lot of work on making multiple microelectrodes and recording simultaneously from large numbers.

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