Naturalistic stimuli in neuroscience: critically acclaimed

Title: Naturalistic stimuli in neuroscience: critically acclaimed
Creator: Sonkusare, Saurabh; Breakspear, Michael; Guo, Christine
Relation: Trends in Cognitive Sciences Vol. 23, Issue 8, p. 699-714
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.05.004
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2019
Description: Cognitive neuroscience has traditionally focused on simple tasks, presented sparsely and using abstract stimuli. While this approach has yielded fundamental insights into functional specialisation in the brain, its ecological validity remains uncertain. Do these tasks capture how brains function 'in the wild', where stimuli are dynamic, multimodal, and crowded? Ecologically valid paradigms that approximate real life scenarios, using stimuli such as films, spoken narratives, music, and multiperson games emerged in response to these concerns over a decade ago. We critically appraise whether this approach has delivered on its promise to deliver new insights into brain function. We highlight the challenges, technological innovations, and clinical opportunities that are required should this field meet its full potential.
Subject: naturalistic stimuli; movies; critical dynamics; fMRI analysis; resting-state fMRI; social cognition; emotion; memory
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1463989
Identifier: uon:46884
Identifier: ISSN:1364-6613
Language: eng
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