You hit the nail on the head. Cognitive neuroscience -- especially WRT functional imagery -- reminds of the fable of the blind men and the Elephant. (Very) ro

You hit the nail on the head. Cognitive neuroscience -- especially WRT functional imagery -- reminds of the fable of the blind men and the Elephant. (Very) roughly speaking, you have the choice between: - Excellent temporal resolution & crappy spatial resolution (EEG / MEG) - Pretty good spatial resolution & crappy temporal resolution (fMRI) Other techniques (NIRS, TMS, etc) fall somewhere along the spectrum and have their own quirks. We're peering into brain function with a super-low-res "camera" and attempting to draw only the roughest contours of the thing we're exploring.