tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post4418064433530415690..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: This is your brain on...you?Andrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-47298042459619587682010-06-23T15:40:26.618-04:002010-06-23T15:40:26.618-04:00I think your instincts are correct. You should che...I think your instincts are correct. You should check out some of Mark Liberman's posts at Language Log on the (poor) state of contemporary science journalism. Something like "conscientious people tend to have a bigger lateral prefrontal cortex" probably would be better phrased in terms of the real world as "based on this study, if you meet someone who has a larger-than-average prefrontal cortex, there's a slightly greater than 50% chance that they're in the upper half of the population in terms of conscientiousness". As always, it's hard as a member of the GP to be sure since we can't access the study.Nebnoreply@blogger.com