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Am I the first one to call this article out on BS pop neuroscience? If you want to convince yourself that this makes you happier, just go and try it, but comple
by maebert 13y ago
Am I the first one to call this article out on BS pop neuroscience? If you want to convince yourself that this makes you happier, just go and try it, but completely context-deprived pictures of colourful blobs on a 3D brain proves... nothing. Oh, you need sleep to be productive? Let's run a poorly designed $20,000 fMRI study to prove that! Folks, this has to end.
- jfoutz 13y agonot sure about the color blobs, but i think the gratitude stuff has some foundation. http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/Labs/emmons/PWT/index.cfm?Section=2 http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/Labs/emmons/PWT/index.cfm?Sect...
- maebert 13y agoOh, I have absolutely no doubts about that! And from at least the review article they had on this page [1], it seems like the do some solid psychological assessment of gratitude. What does concern me though is when neuroscience is thrown into the mix just because everything seems more convincing with brain scans[3]. The articles <del>cited</del> referred to in the blog posts linked in the original blog post however often follow this pattern: (1) Assess X (say, gratitude) with an established or new questionnaire. (2) find a condition to vary (3) do a fMRI in both conditions and (4) correlate the contrast with the questionnaire. If you found a correlation, you found the neuronal cause for X! Publish! This is just a huge waste of money. And also often enough poorly done [2]. [1] http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=JYj4KStQjhIC&oi=fnd&pg=PA248&dq=Why+gratitude+enhances+well-being:+What+we+know,+what+we+need+to+know.&ots=kVlQxo-xE2&sig=ClfqEvW3v-PAIZe2X4SLza6A-N0#v=onepage&q=Why%20gratitude%20enhances%20well-being%3A%20What%20we%20know%2C%20what%20we%20need%20to%20know.&f=false http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=JYj4KStQjhIC&oi=f... [2] http://www.edvul.com/pdf/VulHarrisWinkielmanPashler-PPS-2009.pdf http://www.edvul.com/pdf/VulHarrisWinkielmanPashler-PPS-2009... [3] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465018777/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0465018777&linkCode=as2&tag=slatmaga-20 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465018777/ref=as_li_ss_tl?...