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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-02-01
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Series: | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929314000413 |