The New Phrenology: The Limits of Localizing Cognitive Processes in the Brain

(Part of the Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology Series)

by William R. Uttal

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William Uttal is concerned that in an effort to prove itself a hard science, psychology may have thrown away one of its most important methodological tools--a critical analysis of the fundamental assumptions that underlie day-to-day empirical research. In this book Uttal addresses the question of localization: whether psychological processes can be defined and isolated in a way that permits them to be associated with particular brain regions. New,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262210177

ISBN13:9780262210171

Release Date:June 2001

Publisher:MIT Press (MA)

Length:255 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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Cognitive Psychology

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