One of my general intentions for this blog is to write about the intersection of cognitive neuroscience research and public policy, so it makes sense to begin by highlighting an extraordinarily poor example of how to do that. On December 11th, The New York Times printed an op-ed article by Martin Linstrom describing his neuroimaging [...]
Archive for December 27th, 2008
How not to write about the brain
Posted in Mindless Science, Policy, fMRI, tagged Amygdala, Dopamine, fMRI, New York Times, Smoking on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More on Martin Lindstrom
Posted in Mindless Science, fMRI, tagged fMRI Hype, Martin Lindstrom, Neuromarketing, New York Times, NPR on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
EDIT: I’m still trying to figure out how WordPress works, but this post should appear after the one directly above, “How not to write about the brain.” It will make more sense that way.
I hadn’t seen this before, but the Stanford Law School Center for Law and Biosciences Blog had previously written about an NPR [...]
