Great expectations: What can fMRI research tell us about psychological phenomena?

被引:37
作者
Aue, Tatjana [1 ,2 ]
Lavelle, Leah A. [2 ]
Cacioppo, John T. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Geneva, Swiss Ctr Affect Sci, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland
[2] Univ Chicago, Ctr Cognit & Social Neurosci, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
关键词
SHORT-TERM-MEMORY; TOLD US; STRONG INFERENCE; MIND; MECHANISMS; SIMULATION; CAPACITY; OBJECTS;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.12.017
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Expectations for what functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can offer psychophysiology vary greatly. Overreaching enthusiasm such as the idea that fMRI can reveal lies and political attitudes are as common as the opinion that fMRI, in its current form, is useless for the advancement of psychological theories. Errors in the inferences being drawn from fMRI data may be contributing to each of these extreme positions, so the present paper addresses these several common inferential errors and describes some of the potential of fMRI for psychophysiological theory and research. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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