Submitted:
27 July 2022
Posted:
28 July 2022
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Abstract
It is one of the central goals of cognitive neuroscience to understand how structure and function relate in the brain. We review how cognitive function characterization has been approached in the past. In addition, we examine the ongoing efforts, as well as the implications for the future. Clinical studies on patients with lesions have provided key insights into the relationship between brain areas and behavior over the past century. We describe cognitive function according to localization considering these early efforts for characterization. We chose a perceptual-cognitive function, namely body perception, to describe our current efforts. Using body perception as an example, we summarize contemporary techniques. Finally, we outline the trajectory of current progress into the future and discuss the implications for clinical and basic neuroscience.
Keywords:
cognition
; cognitive functions
; localization
; lesion studies
; body perception
; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
; electrical microsimulation
; transcranial magnetic stimulation
; extrastriate body area
; fusiform body area
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