Casting Light on the Dark Side of Brain Imaging - 9780128161791

Casting Light on the Dark Side of Brain ImagingAuthor(s): Amir Raz, Robert T. Thibault\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Academic Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780128161791, 978-0128161791\nSynopsis\nMost people find colorful brain scans highly compellingand yet, many experts dont. This discrepancy begs the question: What can we learn from neuroimaging? Is brain information useful in fields such as psychiatry, law, or education? How do neuroscientists create brain activation maps and why do we admire them? Casting Light on The Dark Side of Brain Imaging?tackles these questions through a critical and constructive lensseparating fruitful science from misleading neuro-babble. In a breezy writing style accessible to a wide readership, experts from across the brain sciences offer their uncensored thoughts to help advance brain research and debunk the craze for reductionist, headline-grabbing neuroscience. This collection of short, enlighte.