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Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience

Sally Satel, Scott O. Lilienfeld

Demonstrates how the explanatory power of brain scans in particular and neuroscience more generally has been overestimated, arguing that the overzealous application of brain science has undermined notions of free will and responsibility.

ScienceScience · high confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceGoogle Books: Science -> ScienceTopic Classifier: Mental Health & Psychology -> Medicine & Public HealthMental Health & PsychologyScience & DiscoveryMedicine, Health & the Body

Award History

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyMajor2013FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Brain scans and neuroscience have been overapplied and overtrusted, undermining ideas of free will and responsibility through their exaggerated explanatory power.

    Model confidence 78%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    28 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.