There and up again: On the uses and misuses of neuroimaging in psychology

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 233-252

  Del Pinal, Guillermo ^a   Nathan, Marco J ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive mechanisms; Decision making; Endowment effect; Functional neuroimaging; Higher cognition; Reductionism; Reverse inference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ETHICAL THEORY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MORALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

BRAIN; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MORALS; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84887998113     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2013.846254     Document Type: Article

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