Metaphors, modules and brain-scan pseudoscience
The atom is like a solar system, with electrons whirling around the nucleus like planets orbiting a star. No, actually, it isn’t. But as a first approximation to help us visualize something that is so invisible, that image works as a metaphor. (continue reading…)
brain modularity,
fMRI,
mental,
neuroscience,
New Phrenology
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Belief, disbelief and uncertainty generate
different neural pathways in the brain
During an early episode of the über-pyrotechnic television series MythBusters, Adam Savage was busted by the camera crew for misremembering his predictions of the probability of an axle being ripped out of a car, à la American Graffiti. When confronted with the unmistakable video evidence of his error, Adam sardonically rejoined: “I reject your reality and substitute my own.” (continue reading…)
belief,
brain scans,
brains,
fMRI,
religion
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