How to win any argument: pseudo-scientific neuro-gibberish
"Neuroscientific explanations – involving phrases such as 'prefrontal
cortex' and 'neural circuitry' – were consistently rated the most
convincing, even when the information was pointless and offered no
further insight. The authors concluded that participants found
neuroscience to be the most alluring explanation for psychological
findings, even when it shouldn’t be."
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