Mind and Brain: A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience  
William R. Uttal
The MIT Press
Cognitive neuroscience explores the relationship between our minds and                  our brains, most recently by drawing on brain imaging techniques to align neural                  mechanisms with psychological processes. In Mind and Brain, William Uttal offers a                  critical review of cognitive neuroscience, examining both its history and modern                  developments in the field. He pays particular attention to the role of brain                  imaging--especially functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)--in studying the                  mind-brain relationship. He argues that, despite the explosive growth of this new                  mode of research, there has been more hyperbole than critical analysis of what                  experimental outcomes really mean. With Mind and Brain, Uttal attempts a synoptic                  synthesis of this substantial body of scientific literature. After an introductory                  discussion, he turns to his main theme: what neuroscience and psychology have                  contributed to each other. He considers specific empirical findings in such fields                  as sensation, perception, emotion and affect, learning and memory, and                  consciousness. For each field, he considers psychological and behavioral concerns                  that can help guide the neuroscienctific discussion; work done before the advent of                  imaging systems; and what brain imaging has brought to recent research. Cognitive                  neuroscience, Uttal argues, is truly both cognitive and neuroscientific. Both                  approaches are necessary and neither is sufficient to make sense of the greatest                  scientific issue of all: how the brain makes the mind.