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7. Making the brain-activity-to-information leap using a novel framework: Stimulus Information Representation (SIR)

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Schyns, Philippe G. and Ince, Robin A.A.

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Cognitive science, Neuroimaging, Computer science, Brain activity and meditation, Information representation, Stimulus (physiology), Haystack
Abstract

A fundamental challenge in neuroscience is to understand how the brain processes information. Neuroscientists have approached this question partly by measuring brain activity in space, time and at different levels of granularity. However, our aim is not to discover brain activity per se, but to understand the processing of information that this activity reflects. To make this brain-activity-to-information leap, we believe that we should reconsider brain imaging from the methodological foundations of psychology. With this goal in mind, we have developed a new data-driven framework, called Stimulus Information Representation (SIR), that enables us to better understand how the brain processes information from measures of brain activity and behavioral responses. In this article, we explain this approach, its strengths and limitations, and how it can be applied to understand how the brain processes information to perform behavior in a task.“It is no good poking around in the brain without some idea of what one is looking for. That would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack without having any idea what needles look like. The theorist is the [person] who might reasonably be asked for [their] opinion about the appearance of needles.” HC Longuet-Higgins, 1969.

Published
2019

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