@Article{Poldrack2006,
  author      = {Poldrack, Russell A.},
  journal     = {Trends Cogn Sci},
  title       = {Can cognitive processes be inferred from neuroimaging data?},
  year        = {2006},
  number      = {2},
  pages       = {59--63},
  volume      = {10},
  abstract    = {There is much interest currently in using functional neuroimaging
	techniques to understand better the nature of cognition. One particular
	practice that has become common is 'reverse inference', by which
	the engagement of a particular cognitive process is inferred from
	the activation of a particular brain region. Such inferences are
	not deductively valid, but can still provide some information. Using
	a Bayesian analysis of the BrainMap neuroimaging database, I characterize
	the amount of additional evidence in favor of the engagement of a
	cognitive process that can be offered by a reverse inference. Its
	usefulness is particularly limited by the selectivity of activation
	in the region of interest. I argue that cognitive neuroscientists
	should be circumspect in the use of reverse inference, particularly
	when selectivity of the region in question cannot be established
	or is known to be weak.},
  doi         = {10.1016/j.tics.2005.12.004},
  institution = {Department of Psychology and Brain Research Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA. poldrack@ucla.edu},
  keywords    = {Brain, metabolism/physiology; Cognition; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Models, Neurological; Positron-Emission Tomography},
  language    = {eng},
  medline-pst = {ppublish},
  pmid        = {16406760},
  timestamp   = {2014.06.10},
}

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