Mental events comprise distributed activity across the whole brain
Better assumptions: (1) Mental events comprise distributed activity across the whole brain; (2) Brain & behavior are linked by degenerate, many-to-one mappings; (3) Mental events emerge as a complex ensemble of non-linear, interacting signals from brain, body, & outside world. 2/
— Lisa Feldman Barrett (@LFeldmanBarrett) February 3, 2023
From the linked paper:
Highlights: The study of brain-behavior relationships has been guided by several foundational assumptions that are called into question by empirical evidence from human brain imaging and neuroscience research on non-human animals.
Neural ensembles distributed across the whole brain may ...