Brainwashed
by Sally L. Satel, Scott O. Lilienfeld · first published 2013
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In recent years, the advent of MRI technology seems to have unlocked the secrets of the human mind, revealing the sources of our deepest desires, intentions, and fears. In this book, the authors argue that the explanatory power of brain scans in particular and neuroscience more generally has been vastly overestimated. Although acknowledging its tremendous potential, they believe that the overzealous application of the burgeoning field of brain science has put innocent people in jail, prevented addicts from healing themselves, and undermined notions of free will and responsibility.
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Can we please stop with "emerging neuroscience" crap. http://www.amazon.com/Brainwashed-Seductive-Appeal-Mindless-...
on “When Power Goes To Your Head, It May Shut Out Your Heart” ↗Since several of the comments here revolve around what we know now and could possibly know now about brain differences related to behavior, I'll link to a book, Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience,[1] that examines for a popular audience how much science is behind the latest "neuroscience" and how much of it is just hype. Just because brain scans are…
on “Life as a Nonviolent Psychopath” ↗Comments here decry pop neuroscience. I will recommend here a new book, Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience by Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld, who are both thoughtful and appropriately skeptical researchers on neuroscience topics. http://www.amazon.com/Brainwashed-Seductive-Appeal-Mindless-...
on “Coming Out as a Porn Addict” ↗The comment that linked to the New Statesman article was helpful. Another good source on how much (or how little) to take most neuroscience hype seriously is the book Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience by Sally Satel adn Scott O. Lilienfeld.[1] Eventually, someday, as the article kindly submitted here for discussion suggests, there will be some actionable…
on “The Brain Age” ↗…important but are unlikely to be straightforward and deterministic. We will understand them best through investigation of their manifestation in biological and social developmental processes." [2] The book Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience by Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld http://www.amazon.com/Brainwashed-Seductive-Appeal-Mindless-... explains the gaps in current knowledge about neuroscience…
on “The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Psychopath” ↗…the workings of the human brain, the increasingly fashionable idea that they are the most important means of answering the enduring mysteries of psychology is misguided—and potentially dangerous. In Brainwashed, psychiatrist and AEI scholar Sally Satel and psychologist Scott O. Lilienfeld reveal how many of the real-world applications of human neuroscience gloss over its limitations and intricacies, at times…
on “When Power Goes To Your Head, It May Shut Out Your Heart” ↗