Continuing Commentary Martha J. Farah (1994). Neuropsychological inference with an interactive brain: A critique of the “locality” assumption. BBS 17:43–104.
ERPs and the modularity of cognitive processes
Valerie Gray Hardcastle a1 a1 Department of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0126
valerie@vt.eduhttp://mind.phil.vt.edu/
Abstract
Farah argues that nonlocal models explain clinical data
better. However, the locality assumption does not seem so implausible
if different sorts of data are taken into account. In particular,
priming experiments using evoked response potentials support
modularity. I describe some ERP studies relevant to this issue.
