Changes at Brain and Language

Brain and Language has revised its Aims and Scope, focusing on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying human language. The journal covers the large variety of modern techniques in cognitive neuroscience, inclduing lesion-based aproaches as well as functional and structural brain imaging, electrophysiology, cellular and molecular neurobiology, genetics and computational modeling.
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These changes have been accompanied by a new guide for authors for the journal.
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Increasing Impact Factors in Cognitive Science

We are delighted to bring you the latest impact factors for our cognitive science journals. Highlights include:

• Cognition
  Was 3.788 Now 4.229
• Brain and Cognition
  Was 1.845 Now 2.858
• Journal of Memory and Language
  Was 2.815 Now 2.827
• Brain and Language
  Was 2.129 Now 2.317
• Acta Psychologcia
  Was 1.768 Now 2.094
• Human Movement Science
  Was 1.045 Now 1.288
• Cognitive Development
  Was 0.712 Now 1.109

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Activation in Functional Imaging
Brain and Language, Volume 102, Issue 2

With respect to brain-behavior relationships, the information represented in functional images needs to be evaluated without the assumptions of the activation approach. From a systems perspective, the relationships among multiple regions must be considered, and considered not only as a fun