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1Department of Psychology and Neurobiology and Imaging Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78759, USA. poldrack@mail.utexas.edu
Abstract:
Over the last 20 years, fMRI has revolutionized cognitive neuroscience. Here I outline a vision for what the next 20 years of fMRI in cognitive neuroscience might look like. Some developments that I hope for include increased methodological rigor, an increasing focus on connectivity and pattern analysis as opposed to "blobology", a greater focus on selective inference powered by open databases, and increased use of ontologies and computational models to describe underlying processes.
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