Is “efficiency” a useful concept in cognitive neuroscience?

It is common in the cognitive neuroscience literature to explain differences in activation in terms of differences in the “efficiency” of neural function. I argue here that this usage of the concept of efficiency is empty and simply redescribes activation differences rather than providing a useful e...

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Main Author: Russell A. Poldrack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929314000413