Deena Skolnick Weisberg tested the seductive allure of neuroscience explanations. Participants evaluated explanations with or without additional neuroscience information that was logically irrelevant to their quality. Separating explanation quality from technical vocabulary makes it possible to test why an account sounds convincing, rather than assuming that a biological phrase makes it informative. [ref]
The seductive allure of neuroscience explanations by Deena Skolnick Weisberg and others. 2008, explanation-quality and irrelevant-neuroscience manipulations
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