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The study of human mental function is, without a doubt, at the edge of a new frontier thanks largely to neuroimaging (e.g., functional MRI, magneto-and electroencephalography). Access to human neurobiology can potentially provide the critical link between psychological theories of various cognitive functions and the concomitant physiology. Indeed, many psychological theories find their ultimate verification where the constructs appear to have a direct neural instantiation, yet few believe in an isomorphic relation between brain and mind. As such, there is a gap between how psychological constructs are represented, and how the operations of the nervous system fit with such representations. The fundamental challenge is captured by a quote from William James ([40] p. 28), “A science of the relations of the mind and brain must show how the elementary ingredients of the former correspond to the elementary functions of the later.” The modern neuroscientist, and particularly a cognitive neuroscientist endowed with the new insight into human neurophysiology, must determine what features of the human brain are central in translating the biological representations to mental phenomena.
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McIntosh, A.R. (2008). Large-Scale Network Dynamics in Neurocognitive Function. In: Fuchs, A., Jirsa, V.K. (eds) Coordination: Neural, Behavioral and Social Dynamics. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74479-5_9
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