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Cognitive brain mapping for better or worse
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
|July 20, 2010
Abstract:
Cognitive brain mapping is a neuroscience fad, with hundreds of reports published each month. Such popularity requires careful attention to experimental design and data analysis in order to minimize false findings. In my view, cognitive brain mapping consists of procedures that allow such troublesome items as data-dredging and confirmation bias to affect study outcomes. This article discusses these issues and makes suggestions for enhancing the validity and reliability of the findings.

