ABSTRACT
This chapter summarizes some of the empirical evidence that argues against the conventional function-specific, location-dependent, macroneural theories of cognition-brain relationships. It shows multiple activation regions on the basis of macroneural connectionist prototheories of brain action, that are subsequently constructed. Three main critiques are pointed out, first, there are both empirical and conceptual problems with the entire enterprise in which macroneural brain images are associated with cognitive processes; second, to identify the causes for this problem; and, third, macroneural brain images are not even well enough correlated with cognitive processes to justify their role in the formulation of plausible prototheories of mind-brain relations. Macroneural brain images constitutes information-bearing indicators of how brain functions during cognitive activity. The cognitive neuroscience task of finding correlations between mind and brain responses are more difficult. Comparisons between brain images from different subjects provide a qualitative estimate of intersubject variability.
