title: Reason for optimism: How a shifting focus on neural population codes is moving cognitive neuroscience beyond phrenology.
abstract: Multivariate pattern analysis can address many of the challenges for cognitive neuroscience highlighted in After Phrenology (Anderson 2014) by illuminating the information content of brain regions and by providing insight into whether functional overlap reflects the recruitment of common or distinct computational mechanisms. Further, failing to consider submaximal but reliable population responses can lead to an overly modular account of brain function.
authors: Department of Psychology,University of California,Los Angeles (UCLA),Los Angeles,CA 90095.cparkinson@ucla.eduhttp://csnlab.org.
authors: Carolyn
authors: C
authors: Parkinson
authors: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,Dartmouth College,Hanover,NH 03755.thalia.p.wheatley@dartmouth.eduhttp://www.wheatlab.com.
authors: Thalia
authors: T
authors: Wheatley
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D000066494:Cognitive Neuroscience; D006801:Humans; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D010792:Phrenology