BackgroundThe diversity of research methods applied to psychiatric disorders results in a
confusing plethora of causal claims. To help make sense of these claims, the interventionist …

Recent advances in the cognitive, affective and social neurosciences have enabled these
fields to study aspects of the mind that are central to psychoanalysis. These developments …

What distinguishes good explanations in neuroscience from bad? Carl F. Craver constructs
and defends standards for evaluating neuroscientific explanations that are grounded in a …

We sketch a framework for building a unified science of cognition. This unification is
achieved by showing how functional analyses of cognitive capacities can be integrated with …

Critical Neuroscience: A Handbook of the Social and Cultural Contexts of Neuroscience
brings together multi-disciplinary scholars from around the world to explore key social …

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A general conceptual framework for large-scale neocortical dynamics based on data from
many laboratories is applied to a variety of experimental designs, spatial scales, and brain …

How can we best develop explanatory models for psychiatric disorders? Because causal
factors have an impact on psychiatric illness both at micro levels and macro levels, both …

We outline the framework of the new project of Critical Neuroscience: a reflexive scientific
practice that responds to the social, cultural and political challenges posed by the advances …

This book analyzes the individual and collective experience of and response to trauma from
a wide range of perspectives including basic neuroscience, clinical science, and cultural …