Sign up FAST! Login

The worst neurobollocks infographics on the web


The worst neurobollocks infographics on the web NeuroBollocks

You must connect your Twitter account to use this feature.

Link will appear shortened

You must connect your Facebook account to use this feature.

Comment: (optional)

Current alt property value:

Source: http://neurobollocks.wordpress.com/2013/...

Post Title (optional):

17

Stashed in: Blogs!, Brain, Awesome, Infographics!, Your argument is invalid., Infographics, Logical Fallacies, Cognitive Bias

To save this post, select a stash from drop-down menu or type in a new one:

Infographics are seductive, but when it comes to science they can easily be used to convey totally ridiculous "data" in an attractive way. My new favorite blog, Neurobollocks, helps us understand all the bad info out there about the brain.

1
Post Title (optional):

Great blog!

I laughed out loud at this:

First up is this purple and blue monstrosity titled ’15 things you didn’t know about the brain.’ Here we learn (amongst other howlers) that the capacity of the brain is 4 terabytes, men process information on the left side while women use both sides, and:

brain-info

You must connect your Twitter account to use this feature.

Link will appear shortened

You must connect your Facebook account to use this feature.

Comment: (optional)

Current alt property value:

Women are more emotional because they have a bigger limbic system? Are you fucking kidding me? Also, it turns out that ‘Exploding head syndrome’ (also mentioned above) is a real thing, well… kind-of a real thing. Well, actually not really a real thing at all.

1
Post Title (optional):

  • Add image:
  • We allow the following HTML tags to be used in comments:

    Links
    <a href="http://example.com">Click this link!</a>
    Images
    <img src="http://example.com/photo.jpg" />
    Video
    You can embed <iframe> videos from YouTube and Vimeo.
    Video URLs also "just work" (e.g., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0)
    Formatting
    • strong (<strong>)
    • bold (<b>)
    • emphasis (<em>)
    • italic (<i>)
    • strike (<strike>)
    • teletype (<tt>)
    • underline (<u>)
    • code (<code>)

    You may also use <pre>, <blockquote>, <ol>, <ul>, and <li> tags.

    OK
Enter search terms:

Error
  • Add image:
  • We allow the following HTML tags to be used in comments:

    Links
    <a href="http://example.com">Click this link!</a>
    Images
    <img src="http://example.com/photo.jpg" />
    Video
    You can embed <iframe> videos from YouTube and Vimeo.
    Video URLs also "just work" (e.g., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0)
    Formatting
    • strong (<strong>)
    • bold (<b>)
    • emphasis (<em>)
    • italic (<i>)
    • strike (<strike>)
    • teletype (<tt>)
    • underline (<u>)
    • code (<code>)

    You may also use <pre>, <blockquote>, <ol>, <ul>, and <li> tags.

    OK
Enter search terms:

Error

You May Also Like:

Source:

Remove This Image Use This Image Nevermind

Source:

Remove This Image Use This Image Nevermind