False choice: Is the underrepresentation of women in science by choice or by discrimination?
This post is about Ceci and William’s PNAS article, Understanding current causes of women’s underrepresentation in science, which has spawned a particular kind of narrative -- one that has been
The Smurf Studies: Do 7-month-olds have a
In a recent paper published in Science (24 December 2010) and entitled "The Social Sense: Susceptibility to Others' Beliefs in Human Infants and Adults", Agnes Kovacs, Ernő Téglás and Ansgar Denis
“Neurobabble” vs Real Science
The New York Times is hosting a piece by Tyler Burge, philosopher of mind, that may be of interest to ICCI readers.
Popular science writing on psychology, Burge argues, is often just "neurobabble"