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Seeing is believing: the effect of brain images on judgments of scientific reasoning

Seeing is believing: the effect of brain images on judgments of scientific reasoning | Science News | Scoop.it

Brain images are believed to have a particularly persuasive influence on the public perception of research on cognition. Three experiments are reported showing that presenting brain images with articles summarizing cognitive neuroscience research resulted in higher ratings of scientific reasoning for arguments made in those articles, as compared to articles accompanied by bar graphs, a topographical map of brain activation, or no image

 

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Seeing really is believing

(Medical Xpress) -- Want to know why sports fans get so worked up when they think the referee has wrongly called their team's pass forward, their player offside, or their serve as a fault?
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Seeing, Feeling Have Something In Common - Science News

Seeing, Feeling Have Something In Common - Science News | Science News | Scoop.it
Protein needed for eye development also involved in detecting vibrations...
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Seeing is believing? The neuroscience of magic

News article: How our brains perceive illusions - Friday January 13, 4pm, Lecture Theatre 2, Engineering Building...
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