Reasons for neuromyths - Tokuhama-Espinosa, 2018
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Reasons For Neuromyths Humans Want Simplicity Commercial Benefits “Bandwagonism Scientific Illiteracy Popular press Unsubstantiated beliefs or misconceptions Incorrect assertions based on good evidence Distortion of scientific facts Misinterpretation of experimental results Confirmation bias True for animals but not humans True using old technology but not new Studies based on good but sparse evidence Correlation vs. Casuation Absence vs. Existence Overgeneralization of findings Studies on adults, not children True in the lab but not classrooms
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Reasons for neuromyths - Tokuhama-Espinosa, 2018
- 1. Reasons For Neuromyths Scientific Illiteracy Popular Press Unsubstantiated beliefs or misconceptions Incorrect assertions based on good evidence Distortion of scientific facts Misinterpretation of experimental results Confirmation bias True for animals but not humans True using old technology but not new Studies based on good but sparse evidence Correlation vs. Casuation Absence vs. Existence Overgeneralization of findings Studies on adults, not children True in the lab but not classrooms Humans Want Simplicity Commercial Benefits “Bandwagonism” © Tokuhama-Espinosa, 2018