TOUGH TIMES FOR DUALISTS

Images of mind marks a new era in human cognitive neuroscience. Despit e the difficult conceptual problems associated with using group-averag ed data and paired subtractions, human PET images converge well with e xisting data from other areas of cognitive neuroscience while opening up new theoretical and experimental possibilities. However, greater at tention to individual differences might prove in the study of cultural ly driven adaptations such as literacy.