Three ecological psychologists on the right and wrong ways to use the field’s principles in neuroscience

As modern neuroscience trends toward more naturalistic experiments, neuroscientists are taking inspiration from fields such as ecological psychology. In this episode of “Brain Inspired,” Paul Middlebrooks talks with three experts—Matthieu de Wit, associate professor of neuroscience at Muhlenberg College; Luis H. Favela, associate professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine & Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University Bloomington; and Vicente Raja, research fellow at the University of Murcia—whose work spans philosophy, neuroscience, cognitive science and ecological psychology. All three say they worry that neuroscientists may import key terms but discard critical principles, potentially weakening their explanatory success.

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