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Re-conceptualizing domains in neuroscience, hopes and utopias aside

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Describing cognitive processes without reference to their neural underpinnings has led to conceptualizations that do not match how the brain functions. A data-driven re-examination of the neuroimaging literature reveals an alternate conceptual framework combining mind and brain that disrupts current neuroscientific thought.

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  1. Psychology Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Jessica A. Turner & Matthew D. Turner

  2. Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Jessica A. Turner

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Turner, J.A., Turner, M.D. Re-conceptualizing domains in neuroscience, hopes and utopias aside. Nat Neurosci 24, 1643–1644 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-021-00946-x

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