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Cognitive Neuroscience: The Troubled Marriage of Cognitive Science and Neuroscience
Author(s) -
Cooper Richard P.,
Shallice Tim
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
topics in cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.191
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1756-8765
pISSN - 1756-8757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2010.01090.x
Subject(s) - cognition , cognitive neuroscience , reductionism , sophistication , consciousness , cognitive science , social neuroscience , perspective (graphical) , psychology , neurolaw , neuroscience , educational neuroscience , social cognition , sociology , epistemology , computer science , social science , higher education , political science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , education theory , law
We discuss the development of cognitive neuroscience in terms of the tension between the greater sophistication in cognitive concepts and methods of the cognitive sciences and the increasing power of more standard biological approaches to understanding brain structure and function. There have been major technological developments in brain imaging and advances in simulation, but there have also been shifts in emphasis, with topics such as thinking, consciousness, and social cognition becoming fashionable within the brain sciences. The discipline has great promise in terms of applications to mental health and education, provided it does not abandon the cognitive perspective and succumb to reductionism.