One of the biggest obstacles in this kind of research is 1) the human tendency to anthropomorphize in our explanations, 2) to over interpret findings from a beh

One of the biggest obstacles in this kind of research is 1) the human tendency to anthropomorphize in our explanations, 2) to over interpret findings from a behavioral task that is based on analogies, but can be solved in multiple ways. The latter is very dangerous in the brain sciences:For example, inhibition can happen in a microcircuit of neurons to reduce neuron firing, or inhibition can be thought of as the cognitive capacity to refrain from a behavior you are predisposed to do using cognitive control. These are not the same things.