
Casting Light on the Dark Side of Brain Imaging
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Key Features
- Challenges the tendency toward neuro-reductionism
- Deconstructs hype through a critical yet constructive lens
- Unveils the nature of brain imaging data
- Explores emerging brain technologies and future directions
- Features a non-technical and accessible writing style
Readership
Students in brain related fields, researchers and clinicians who draw on findings from brain imaging research, and neuro-enthusiasts in general.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Introductory Comments to Any Aspiring NeuroJedi: The Right Way to Read this Book
Amir Raz
Overview
Robert T. ThibaultNeuroskepticism: questioning the brain as symbol and selling-point
Neuroskeptic, Pseudonymous blogger, Discover MagazineSection I: Imaging bains: What for?
1. Can neuroimaging reveal how the brain thinks?
Stevan Harnad
2. Is addiction a brain disease?
Scott O. Lilienfeld and Sally Satel
3. How brain imaging takes psychiatry for a ride
Surjo R. Soekadar and David Haslacher
4. Brain-computer interfaces for communication in paralysis
Niels Birbaumer and Aygul Rana
5. Neurohype and the law: A cautionary tale
Stephen J. Morse
6. The brain in the classroom: The mindless appeal of neuroeducation
Gregory DonoghueSection II: What are we measuring?
7. Brain waves: How to decipher the cacophony
Suresh Muthukumaraswamy
8. On the relationship between functional MRI signals and neuronal activity
Amir Shmuel
9. MRI artifacts in psychiatry: Head motion, breathing, and other systematic confounds
Robert T. Thibault and Amir Raz
10. When the brain lies: Body posture alters neural activity
Robert T. ThibaultSection III: The devil's in the details
11. The replication challenge: Is brain imaging next?
David Mehler
12. Power and design considerations in imaging research
Marcus R. Munafò, Henk R. Cremers, Tor D. Wager and Tal Yarkoni
13. Why neuroimaging can't diagnose autism
Robert T. Thibault, Lauren Dahl and Amir RazSection IV: Neuroimaging: Holy Grail or false prophet?
14. From mind to brain: The challenge of neuro-reductionism
Ian Gold
15. The power of belief in the magic of neuroscience
Jay A. Olson
16. Neuroplacebos: When healing is a no-brainer
Samuel Veissière
17. Brain imaging and artificial intelligence
Uri Maoz and Erik LinsteadSection V: Can we train the brain better?
18. Noninvasive brain stimulation: When the hype transcends the evidence
Jared Cooney Horvath
19. Neurofeedback: An inside perspective
Jimmy Ghaziri and Robert T. Thibault
20. The (dis)enchantment of brain-training games
Sheida Rabipour
21. What's wrong with "the mindful brain"? Moving past a neurocentric view of meditation
Michael Lifshitz and Evan Thompson
22. "Backed by neuroscience": How brain imaging sells
Lauren Dahl and Amir RazSection VI: What next?
23. From regions to networks: Neuroimaging approaches to mapping brain organization
Ricky Burns, Daniel S. Margulies and Philipp Haueis
24. Whole-brain modeling of neuroimaging data: Moving beyond correlation to causation
Morten L. Kringelbach and Gustavo Deco
25. Connecting networks to neurons
Michael I. Posner
26. High field magnetic resonance imaging
Alayar KangarluConclusion
Robert T. Thibault
Product details
- No. of pages: 204
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2019
- Published: February 15, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128163092
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128161791
About the Editors
Amir Raz
Affiliations and Expertise
Robert Thibault
Affiliations and Expertise
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