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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • Neuroscience faces challenges in translating descriptive data into functional understanding.
  • Existing data, despite technological advancements, is limited by methodological gaps and an atomistic approach.
  • Complexity issues are exacerbated by whole-brain measurement technologies.

Approach:

  • Focuses on methodological and epistemic problems hindering human neuroscience development.
  • Addresses intradisciplinary gaps in neurobiology and psychology.
  • Proposes interdisciplinary integration using systemic concepts and human-environment relations.

Key Points:

  • Highlights the need for a meta-discussion involving philosophy for systematic reflection.
  • Emphasizes complementing atomistic reduction with the embodiedness of the brain and embeddedness of humans.
  • Advocates for explicit consideration of systemic concepts for integrating neuroscience subdisciplines.

Conclusions:

  • Aims to develop an explicit methodology for integrative human neuroscience.
  • Integrative neuroscience will link diverse fields and levels of analysis.
  • This approach is expected to enhance understanding of clinical phenomena.