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TRANSLATION STEPS AND MEDIA COVERAGE OF NEUROSCIENCE - Coggle Diagram
TRANSLATION STEPS AND MEDIA COVERAGE OF NEUROSCIENCE
1) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
1A) FROM BRAIN TO MEASUREMENT
Limitations
of
neuroimaging techniques
not known by public
2A) FROM MEASUREMENT TO RESULT
Preprocessing
and
analysis
of the
data
are not objective but depends on researcher's choices
fMRI - different choices
ANALYTICAL APPROACH
Method for
correcting
multiple comparisons
(cause inflaction of false positive rate)
Or
Bonferroni correction
or
Cluster-based correction
The different methods give different results!
NORMALIZATION PROCEDURE
In
group-based analyses
, necessity to
normalize
each
brains
to the same dimensions
Talairach Box
is an example (not sure normalization)
3A) FROM RESULT TO SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE
In the article, the
pubblication
of the
result
can be
biased
towards optimism or skeptimism
This determines
inflated expectations
by the
public
(such as overstating benefits or applicability)
2) PUBLIC SPHERE (AND MEDIA)
MEDIA COVERAGE OF NEUROSCIENCE (
O' Connor et al. study
)
Three main themes
in media coverage of UK newspapers
BRAIN AS CAPITAL
Individual Responsibility
/ Blame for not optimizing your brain
BRAIN AS INDEX OF DIFFERENCE
Differences
between male and female brain (that confirm
stereotypes
)
BRAIN AS BIOLOGICAL PROOF
Brain images and
rethorical power
MEDIA COVERAGE OF NEUROSCIENCE (
Van Atteveldt et al. study
)
How scientific results are critical and accurate in relation to three variables
Timing
Tone more optimistic during new wave
Topic
More optimistic articles on development and learning
Practical implications for
researchers
and
teachers
Newspaper Type
Average Results:
Accuracy
(0.27)
Tone
(13% balanced)
3) MEDIA MAY FEED OPTIMISM & SKEPTICISM
Depends on the
topic
(optimism more in learning and development)
4) PUBLIC PERPECTIONS OF THE TEENAGE BRAIN
More
associations
with
undesirable behavior
respect desirable behavior
In educators, problems associated with
self-fulfilling prophecies