Reasons For Neuromyths Humans Want Simplicity Commercial Benefits “Bandwagonism Scientific Illiteracy Popular press Unsubstantiated beliefs or misconceptions Incorrect assertions based on good evidence Distortion of scientific facts Misinterpretation of experimental results Confirmation bias True for animals but not humans True using old technology but not new Studies based on good but sparse evidence Correlation vs. Casuation Absence vs. Existence Overgeneralization of findings Studies on adults, not children True in the lab but not classrooms

1. Reasons For
Neuromyths
Scientific
Illiteracy
Popular
Press
Unsubstantiated beliefs
or misconceptions
Incorrect assertions
based on good evidence
Distortion
of scientific facts
Misinterpretation
of experimental results
Confirmation bias
True for animals
but not humans
True using old
technology but not new
Studies based on good
but sparse evidence
Correlation vs. Casuation
Absence vs. Existence
Overgeneralization
of findings
Studies on adults,
not children
True in the lab
but not classrooms
Humans Want
Simplicity
Commercial
Benefits
“Bandwagonism”
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