A call for more clarity around causality in neuroscience

David L. BARACK*, Earl K. MILLER, Christopher I. MOORE, Adam M. PACKER, Luiz PESSOA, Lauren N. ROSS, Nicole C. RUST

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In neuroscience, the term ‘causality’ is used to refer to different concepts, leading to confusion. Here we illustrate some of those variations, and we suggest names for them. We then introduce four ways to enhance clarity around causality in neuroscience.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)654-655
Number of pages2
JournalTrends in Neurosciences
Volume45
Issue number9
Early online date6 Jul 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2022
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd

Funding

We thank Arash Afraz, Konrad P. Kording, Michael D. Fox, and Shan H. Siddiqui for helpful comments. This work was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health (K99DA048748 to D.L.B.), the National Science Foundation (CAREER award 1945647 to L.N.R. and award 2043255 to N.C.R.), the Office of Naval Research (N000142212453 to E.K.M.), the JPB Foundation (to E.K.M.), and the Wellcome Trust (A.M.P.). The authors declare no competing interests in relation to this work.

Keywords

  • causality
  • inactivation
  • perturbation
  • stimulation

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