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Review
. 2008 Nov 6;60(3):496-502.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.10.038.

Neuroimaging of cognition: past, present, and future

R J Dolan  1
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Review

Neuroimaging of cognition: past, present, and future

R J Dolan. Neuron. .

Abstract

Neuroimaging, particularly that based upon functional magnetic resonance (fMRI), has become a dominant tool in cognitive neuroscience. This review provides a personal and selective perspective on its past, present, and future. Two trends currently characterize the field that broadly reflect a pursuit of "where"- and "how"-type questions. The latter addresses basic mechanisms related to the expression of task-induced neural activity and is likely to be an increasingly important theme in the future. This trend entails an enhanced symbiosis among investigators pursuing similar questions in fields such as computational and theoretical neuroscience as well as through the detailed analysis of microcircuitry.

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