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“The phrase ‘necessary and sufficient’ blamed for flawed neuroscience”

“The logic of the term is at the heart of the dispute. It’s too often used as shorthand to mean ‘linked to’ or ‘important for’, the authors say. And this sloppy use, they argue, can lead scientists in the…
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“Braces Have Made Snoring a Modern Health Problem”

“Bulky braces can further constrict this vital breathing pathway, but in Ehrlich and Kahn’s view, the problem is really that they are a cosmetic fix with a short duration. While not banning orthodontics altogether, they advocate developing…
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“South America’s Inca civilization was better at skull surgery than Civil War doctors”

“Trepanation likely started as a treatment for head wounds, says David Kushner, a neurologist at the University of Miami in Florida. After a traumatic injury, such surgery would have…
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“Laziness Does Not Exist”

“when I see a student failing to complete assignments, missing deadlines, or not delivering results in other aspects of their life, I’m moved to ask: what are the situational factors holding this student back? What needs are currently not being met? And, when it comes to behavioral…
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“Are Google and Facebook Responsible for the Medical Quackery They Host?”

“More worrying, though, is that the digital platforms that host such material and conversations aren’t always passive participants in the recruitment process. Their algorithms, after all, are trained to…
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“Scientists Rarely Admit Mistakes. A New Project Wants to Change That”

“there really is no effective way for scientists to quickly and publicly inform colleagues that they are no longer confident in their published work. Public declarations like Carney’s are one way to go, but…
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“Music that upsets expectations is what makes your gray matter sing”

“Understanding the mechanisms of violated expectations in music elucidates some of the basic functions of learning, memory, and our perception of time. Along with enhancing our understanding of music, the study…
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“Neuroscience Needs Behavior: Correcting a Reductionist Bias”

“Here we will argue, however, that detailed examination of brain parts or their selective perturbation is not sufficient to understand how the brain generates behavior (Figure 1). One reason is that we have no prior…
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“On the Body as Machine”

“Sontag was, at that time, on a crusade against the military metaphor that pervades medicine. Her initial wrath was centered on the “War on Cancer,” of which she was a part, having been diagnosed with (and recovered from) the disease herself. But she felt the military mindset…
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“The Good Daughter Syndrome In Academic Medicine”

“Mentorship is critical to advancement in academic medicine, and as the majority of the upper faculty echelons are occupied by men, inexperienced women are usually paired up with older men. In the early days of these relationships, the mentee…
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