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What Is Functional Neuroimaging For?

Max Coltheart

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This chapter focuses on the contribution and goals of functional neuroimaging. It presents a detailed discussion on the goals of functional neuroimaging, including neuroanatomical localization of cognitive processes, testing current theories of cognition, and neural models. The chapter reviews the work of functional neuroimaging in cognitive science and looks into its progress, and, finally, addresses questions related to functional neuroimaging and cognitive neuroimaging studies.

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Key concepts: Neuroimaging, Functional neuroimaging, Cognition, Cognitive science, Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive psychology