The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts
Russell Poldrack examines the growing use of neuroimaging to understand the human mind. The New Mind Readers explores what brain scans may reveal about thoughts and behavior, while carefully considering the limits of interpreting mental activity through images of the brain.
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The New Mind Readers examines the promises and limitations of neuroimaging as a way to study the human mind.
Russell Poldrack considers what brain scans can reveal about thoughts and behavior, as well as what they cannot establish.
The book offers an accessible introduction to the questions raised when neuroscience is used to interpret mental activity.
It is a thoughtful guide to understanding both the possibilities and the boundaries of modern brain research.
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