Journal
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 272-279Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.04.002
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- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
- Australian Research Council [DP0878858]
- National Institutes of Mental Health [R01-MH092345]
- Australian Research Council [DP0878858] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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Cognitive neuroscientists study how the brain implements particular cognitive processes such as perception, learning, and decision-making. Traditional approaches in which experiments are designed to target a specific cognitive process have been supplemented by two recent innovations. First, formal cognitive models can decompose observed behavioral data into multiple latent cognitive processes, allowing brain measurements to be associated with a particular cognitive process more precisely and more confidently. Second, cognitive neuroscience can provide additional data to inform the development of formal cognitive models, providing greater constraint than behavioral data alone. We argue that these fields are mutually dependent; not only can models guide neuroscientific endeavors, but understanding neural mechanisms can provide key insights into formal models of cognition.
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