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It is very hard to diagnose light brain injuries. The problem is that no one knows what a healthy brain should look like because we are all different so (unless
by bjourne 7y ago
It is very hard to diagnose light brain injuries. The problem is that no one knows what a healthy brain should look like because we are all different so (unless you have before and after images) you can't say if a brain is injured. Another problem is that the neurologists making their judgement likely were primed - they know that something was wrong with the brains in the images so they looked for exactly that.
This blog post explains these issues in more detail: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2018/04/07/bad-science-havana-attack/#.XYP-QSgzY2y http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2018/04/07/ba...
That said, it would be very interesting if they can show brain injuries from exposure to common pesticides. I wonder what impact such result would have on millions of farm workers or even on people living close to highways.