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Trust Me: I'm a Brain Scan

From Mind Hacks comes this:

Hot on the heals of a recent study that found that neuroscience jargon made unlikely scientific claims more believable, comes a new study, covered by the BPS Research Digest, that found that simply showing a picture of a brain scan made bogus science more convincing.

More to read at the site, plus a link to How to Lie with fMRI Statistics.

Also referenced at Neuroethics & Law Blog.

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Posted by Steven K. Erickson on April 2, 2008 05:01 AM |

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