For anyone interested in recent discussions of neuroscience and the
level of scientific validity to the various brain-scann claims, the
study by Vul et al, discussed here:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126914.700-doubts-raised-over-brain-scan-findings.html
and available here:
http://www.pashler.com/Articles/Vul_etal_2008inpress.pdf
... is a welcome complement to the papers by Trevor Harley (and myself).
The title of the paper is "Voodoo Correlations in Social Neuroscience",
and that use of the word "voodoo" pretty much sums up the attitude of a
number of critics of the field.
We've attacked from a different direction, but we had a wide range of
targets to choose, believe me.
The short version of the overall story is that neuroscience is out of
control as far as overinflated claims go.
Richard Loosemore
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