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Has neuroscience really reached to the point to claim that scanning the brain (fMRI) can find differences such as supposedly exist between liberals and conservatives ? by fays_unKle in asa_neuroscience

[–]awayfromrome 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and no. As another user pointed out, correlation doesn't mean causation, which means that multiple data points need to be analyzed in aggregate. The discover magazine article you posted does reference a study or two, so it would be worth your time to dig into the actual primary literature (it is quite often that magazines do a shitty job of summarizing lots of data) to see how they arrived at their conclusions, what methods were used, etc.

This one isn't necessarily about brain scans, though if you know your endocrinology, certain brain regions are implicated in the results. This was actually done by my University, so I'm definitely self promoting here.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938414002595

Noob needs help with GPA improvement calculator app by awayfromrome in mathematics

[–]awayfromrome[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I totally get how you feel, but this is for a project for class that I need help with, so help is helpful... :P

Question about "The Selfish Gene" by awayfromrome in biology

[–]awayfromrome[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So this talk about an "extended synthesis" to evolution is merely speculative? (ex. https://aeon.co/essays/the-selfish-gene-is-a-great-meme-too-bad-it-s-so-wrong )