Human Lesion Studies in the 21st Century.
The study of patients with brain lesions has made major historical contributions to cognitive neuroscience. Here I argue for an increased investment in modern lesion mapping, complementing fMRI studies and laying the conceptual and analytic foundations for future techniques that could experimentally manipulate human brain function.
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. Electronic address: radolphs@caltech.edu.
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