We talked briefly in class about some potential problems with relying on fMRI results. Here's one such study I've come across. No doubt the neuroscientists among us know others. I'm not sure exactly which study Luis was referring to yesterday, but it might be this one (here's a link to the study itself). I take it both studies could be consistent with one another. My understanding is the former claims that sometimes blood flows to brain areas in anticipation of brain activity that might or might not occur, meaning that researchers could be mislead about whether or not the haemodynamic signals the MRI picks us indicates brain activity. Actually, many of the google scholar citations for the former study look interesting.
UPDATE: You might also find this article by Tyler Burge interesting and an introduction to some of the issues we will be discussing.
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