Archive for March, 2009

Voodoo Correlations in Neuroscience?

Posted by JFisher on March 23rd, 2009

We recently read an interesting paper by Vul, Harris, Winkielman, and Pashler which effectively accuses many researchers of having used laughably poor statistical methodology in using brain-imaging to establish conclusions about where in the brain the processing occurs for many psychological states including emotion, personality, and social cognition.  If this accusation is correct, it calls into [...]