What are some key questions that cognitive neuroscience aims to answer?

Cognitive neuroscience is a field that investigates the neural basis of mental processes, such as perception, attention, language, learning, and memory. Some key questions that cognitive neuroscientists aim to answer include:

1. How does the brain process and represent sensory information?
2. How do we make decisions and control our actions?
3. How do we learn and remember new information?
4. How do we perceive and interact with the world around us?
5. How do mental disorders, such as depression and schizophrenia, arise and how can they be treated?
6. How do social, emotional, and cultural factors influence brain function and behavior?

Cognitive neuroscientists use a variety of techniques, including brain imaging (e.g., functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and lesion studies, to study brain activity and function in humans and animals, and to answer these and other questions about the brain and cognition.