The article Annette is referring to is Weisberg, D.S., Keil, F.C., Goodstein, J., Rawson E. & Gray, J.R. (2008). The seductive allure of neuroscience explanations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(3), 470-477.
Nice manipulation, easy to read, quite clear results. And it was mentioned on this list a few weeks ago, or I wouldn't know about it. Which shows what a fabulous teaching resource TIPS is. Regards, Rainer Dr. Rainer Scheuchenpflug Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Verkehrswissenschaften an der Universität Würzburg (IZVW) Röntgenring 11 97070 Würzburg Tel: 0931-312185 Fax: 0931-312616 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.izvw.de <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message Re: Mind Hacks: The fMRI smackdown cometh from Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:47:22 -0700 (PDT) <snip> More important is an article for which I lack the ref at hand, which reported that when both scientists AND everyday people read about some finding with support from fMRI both groups gave the finding more credence, even though it did not merit it. <snip> --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
