Multivariate pattern analysis and the search for neural representations.

Multivariate pattern analysis, or MVPA, has become one of the most popular analytic methods in cognitive neuroscience. Since its inception, MVPA has been heralded as offering much more than regular univariate analyses, for—we are told—it not only can tell us which brain regions are engaged while pro...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 199; no. 5/6; pp. 12869 - 12890
Autores principales: Gessell, Bryce, Geib, Benjamin, De Brigard, Felipe
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2021
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          Department of Philosophy, Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, USA
          Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, 203A West Duke Building, 27708, Durham, NC, USA
          Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, 203A West Duke Building, 27708, Durham, NC, USA
          Department of Philosophy, Duke University, 203A West Duke Building, 27708, Durham, NC, USA
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