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Lilienfeld was a professor of psychology at Emory University, recognized for his research on pseudoscience in psychology and critical thinking in mental health.
Known for: Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
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Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
This book critically examines the growing trend of using neuroscience to explain complex human behaviors and social issues. The authors argue that while brain imaging and neuroscience have provided valuable insights, they are often misapplied or overinterpreted in fields such as law, marketing, and education. The work calls for a more balanced understanding of the brain’s role in human thought and behavior, emphasizing the importance of psychological, social, and cultural factors.
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Historical Context
The story of neuroscience is a triumph of human curiosity. It began not as a cultural sensation but as a careful science of observation and clinical inference. Early neurologists traced the contours of damaged brain tissue to lost language or movement; experimental psychologists studied perception a...
From Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
The Allure of Brain Imaging
Few scientific images capture imagination like the brain scan. Functional MRI, with its vivid color maps, seems to offer a direct view into thought itself. Yet the truth is more modest: those glowing regions are not snapshots of feelings or beliefs but statistical composites of blood oxygen levels c...
From Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
About Scott O. Lilienfeld
Lilienfeld was a professor of psychology at Emory University, recognized for his research on pseudoscience in psychology and critical thinking in mental health.
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