Changing your mind by changing your brain: An interventionist perspective on cognitive neuroscience.

功能神经成像提供了大量关于大脑的信息，但它所显示的关于大脑的信息却不太清楚。要解决这个基本的哲学问题，需要对认知神经科学中的理论测试进行详细的阐述。这个项目旨在将神经成像与解释理论联系起来，专注于一个变量如何对另一个变量产生影响。通过将神经成像与大脑和大脑之间可操纵的关系联系起来，它还将在神经成像和用于直接干预大脑的补充技术之间提供一座桥梁。反过来，这将提供一个平台，从这个平台上探索直接脑操作的理论和伦理后果。

Functional neuroimaging provides a tremendous amount of information about the brain, but what it shows about the mind is less clear. Addressing this fundamental philosophical question requires developing a detailed account of theory-testing in cognitive neuroscience. This project aims to connect neuroimaging to theories of explanation that focus on the way one variable can make a difference to another. By linking neuroimaging to facts about manipulable relationships between the brain and the mind, it will also provide a bridge between neuroimaging and complementary technologies for directly intervening on the brain. This, in turn, will provide a platform from which to explore the theoretical and ethical consequences of direct brain manipulation.