神经成像读心中的认知本体论疑难

认知神经科学的研究者们在使用神经成像技术进行读心时，运用到了反向推理和大脑解码两种策略。但目前相关研究中所涉及的同一认知过程或心理功能的具体内涵并不统一，反映出认知神经科学部分术语存在定义混乱的现象。这一方面使得反向推理面临相关脑区缺乏选择性的难题，另一方面也限制了大脑解码的准确率。对此最有希望的一种解决办法是建立认知本体论，可它仍然在技术、方法以及哲学三个层面上存在疑难，这削弱了利用神经成像去读取他人思想这一做法的可靠性及合理性。

The Difficulties of Cognitive Ontology in Mindreading by Neuroimaging

Researchers in cognitive neuroscience employed two strategies in neuroimaging mindreading, reverse inference and brain decoding. However, the specific definitions of the same cognitive process or mental function involved in the current relevant studies are not unified. This limited reverse inference the selections of relevant brain regions, and limited the accuracy of brain decoding. One of the most promising solutions to this problem is cognitive ontology, but this remains problematic on three levels: technical, methodological and philosophical, which weakens the credibility and plausibility of neuroimaging mindreading.