Inferring mental states from neuroimaging data: From reverse inference to large-scale decoding

Neuron

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 692-697

  Poldrack, Russell A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE INFERENCE; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 83355175414     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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