Comments on: A Concern About Brain Scans http://commonsensephilosophy.blogsome.com/2005/10/12/a-concern-about-brain-scans/ philosophy in the analytic tradition Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Trevor http://commonsensephilosophy.blogsome.com/2005/10/12/a-concern-about-brain-scans/#comment-7 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:48:17 +0000 http://commonsensephilosophy.blogsome.com/2005/10/12/a-concern-about-brain-scans/#comment-7 hey Sean, Came across this blog while doing research for my paper on Sanfey's results. I don't know if this will help at all, but one way that Sanfey might be able to claim that his results are reliable is by appealing to the overwhelming amount of research that has been done on the ultimatum game. In particular, the game has been studied outside of the lab with very similar behavioral results to the one's he got in the lab. I don't think it is too much of a stretch to argue that if the behavioral results are consistent both inside and outside of the lab, then the brain activity would be similar in and out of the lab as well. Anyway, nice blog you guys have here. hey Sean,

Came across this blog while doing research for my paper on Sanfey’s results.

I don’t know if this will help at all, but one way that Sanfey might be able to claim that his results are reliable is by appealing to the overwhelming amount of research that has been done on the ultimatum game. In particular, the game has been studied outside of the lab with very similar behavioral results to the one’s he got in the lab. I don’t think it is too much of a stretch to argue that if the behavioral results are consistent both inside and outside of the lab, then the brain activity would be similar in and out of the lab as well.

Anyway, nice blog you guys have here.

]]> by: Richard http://commonsensephilosophy.blogsome.com/2005/10/12/a-concern-about-brain-scans/#comment-2 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:15:06 +0100 http://commonsensephilosophy.blogsome.com/2005/10/12/a-concern-about-brain-scans/#comment-2 While I'm not too sure about this, I think the way most such brain scans work is that they detect changes over time, while performing some activity, relative to the 'base level' of neural activity that occurs when you're just sitting in the scanner doing nothing. That should help negate any "background effects" like anxiety, etc, (and just normal brain functioning), allowing us to isolate what is new and special about the particular activity being performed. While I’m not too sure about this, I think the way most such brain scans work is that they detect changes over time, while performing some activity, relative to the ‘base level’ of neural activity that occurs when you’re just sitting in the scanner doing nothing. That should help negate any “background effects” like anxiety, etc, (and just normal brain functioning), allowing us to isolate what is new and special about the particular activity being performed.

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