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“The functional neuroanatomy of science journalism”

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Science "Journalism"

Language Log takes frequent note of strange things science journalists say. Their most recent is about the neuroscience of mothers watching children in distress. Here is part of what LL’s Mark Liberman’s had to say: It’s rhetorically interesting that Ms. Parker-Pope takes the existence of brain differences observed by fMRI as evidence that the reactions …

March 13, 2008 – 6:02 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments (196)

“Dementia diagnosis brings relief, not depression”–Why?

This made absolutely no sense to me at first: ‘The major finding is that both patients and their families feel relief, not increased anxiety, upon learning the [Alzheimer's] diagnosis,’ says study co-author John C. Morris, M.D., the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology and director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centre. …

March 8, 2008 – 9:21 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science, The Faith | Tagged , , , | Comments (7)