The future of fMRI in cognitive neuroscience

Over the last 20years, fMRI has revolutionized cognitive neuroscience. Here I outline a vision for what the next 20years of fMRI in cognitive neuroscience might look like. Some developments that I hope for include increased methodological rigor, an increasing focus on connectivity and pattern analysis as opposed to “blobology”, a greater focus on selective inference powered by open databases, and increased use of ontologies and computational models to describe underlying processes. ► fMRI has revolutionized cognitive neuroscience. ► There is a need for increased methodological rigor in fMRI research. ► Large datasets and ontologies are important for increasing selectivity.