Investigating reasoning with multiple integrated neuroscientific methods

Analyses may focus on the time-courses of activation within brain regions (Rodriguez-Moreno and Hirsch, 2009), identifying subsets of regions involved at different stages of reasoning, or, as in our current research (ESRC Grant RES-062-23-3285), the correlation in the degree of activation seen in se...

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Published in:Frontiers in human neuroscience 2015-02, Vol.9, p.41-41
Main Authors: Roser, Matthew E, Evans, Jonathan St B T, McNair, Nicolas A, Fuggetta, Giorgio, Handley, Simon J, Carroll, Lauren S, Trippas, Dries
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Autism
brain connectivity
Brain research
Cognition & reasoning
EEG
Event-related potentials
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic fields
Methodological Integration
neuronavigated TMS
Neuroscience
neuroscience methods
reasoning
Structure-function relationships
Studies
Temporal cortex
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
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Summary:Analyses may focus on the time-courses of activation within brain regions (Rodriguez-Moreno and Hirsch, 2009), identifying subsets of regions involved at different stages of reasoning, or, as in our current research (ESRC Grant RES-062-23-3285), the correlation in the degree of activation seen in separate clusters with individual differences (Reverberi et al., 2012). Formal analyses of functional connectivity, or correlated activity (Friston, 2011), between brain regions active during the resting state have revealed the effects of prolonged practice on a reasoning task (Mackey et al., 2013). The incorporation of structural and functional MRI into studies of reasoning using repetitive TMS has promise to increase the power and accuracy of a technique which can probe the causal relationship between brain activity and reasoning performance. ERP studies of reasoning differ in the degree to which they preserve the traditional behavioral paradigms (Qiu et al., 2009; Luo et al., 2013), which typically involve extended reading, and the temporal specificity with which they are able to resolve reasoning processes by adapting orthodox paradigms shown to elicit well-defined ERPs (Prado et al., 2008; Banks and Hope, 2014).
ISSN:1662-5161
1662-5161
DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00041