The group is noted for the diversity of approaches taken to obtain an understanding of the relationship between mental and neural functioning.
Some investigations utilize methods drawn from human neuropsychology.
By determining the abilities that are lost after damage to particular brain systems, inferences are drawn about the functional organization of the mind and how that organization maps onto the neuroanatomical structure of the brain. Concommitant experiments with neurologically-intact individuals are designed to direct information to, or selectively activate, particular brain systems, which allows evaluation of their roles in cognitive functioning. Other experiments utilize physiological recording techniques. In particular, members in the group are well-known for their expertise in using recordings of the brain's electrical activity at specific points on the scalp to obtain a moment by moment account of brain processes involved in cognition. Presently, work is being done to create and expand methods that will allow a precise localization of those brain regions that produce the electrical signals recorded on the scalp.