Causal Inference in Cognitive Neuroscience: Implications for Psychiatry

In this paper we investigate to what extent it is justified to draw conclusions about causal relations between brain states and mental states from cognitive neuroscience studies. We first explain the views of two prominent proponents of the interventionist account of causation: Woodward and Baumgart...

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Main Authors: Nadine Dijkstra, Leon De Bruin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00129/full