Comments on: Voodoo correlations in social brain studies

By: Lisa Atwater

Lisa Atwater — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:24:04 +0000

My 36 yr old girlfriend is laying in a hosp bed about 2 die.The doctor’s cannot find out what is wrong with her,her husband say’s is some type of psychosis,she told me what it is,she traveled 2 Jamaica 2 visit a man she met online,To make a long story short,The family of this man hated her because she was american,and did not want her 2 return 2 Jamaica 2 marry the brother- son.She returned back here 2 CT,and she fell out on the floor in excruciating pain,went 2 the doc,they couldnt find anything wrong w/her.She ended up in a wheelchair not being able 2 walk.Wich means no travling back 2 Jamaica.All of her organs are failing ,she is pretty much paralyzed and she is on life support.They still dont know how this happened.She told me they put roots on her,she knows this for a fact.Is thier anything I can do 2 remove these root’s or voodoo from her body?Please help,my number is 860-477-7175Thank You Lisa,She doesnt have much longer maby a few days.

By: sidder

sidder — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:46:01 +0000

Why is there more evidence that some of the studies have been misconstrued or unjustly criticized by Vul and colleagues

By: Johnny Blaze

Johnny Blaze — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:24:03 +0000

We had done some research using MRI brain imaging as a means of tracking Nicotine addiction when developing our electronic cigarette product. We wanted to test how the brain interpreted the use of an electronic cigarette versus that of a traditional cigarette. The technology is unbelievable and what you call voxels, we actually referred to as cubix. We actually found that there was no major difference brain activity between e-cigarettes and tobacco cigs when conducting our studies. Very cool technology that wasn’t even a thought 10 years ago.
Johnny B
Director Of Product Development
Halo Electronic Cigarette Company

By: Seth Roberts

Seth Roberts — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:27:18 +0000

Thanks for reading my blog:
http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/12/28/voodoo-correlations-in-social-neuroscience/

By: Dale

Dale — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:49:51 +0000

Another response paper to the voodoo correlation issue was recently posted on the web by some of the criticized authors. I definitely recommend checking it out as it makes a strong case that there were some flaws with the Vul et al methods, analysis, and conclusions. This is further evidence that some of the studies may have been misconstrued or unjustly criticized by Vul and colleagues. The response can be found at:
http://www.scn.ucla.edu/pdf/LiebermanBerkmanWager(invitedreply).pdf

By: Dale

Dale — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:15:57 +0000

I agree with the point made by Alex. The issues are definitely not as clear cut as implied by the authors of “voodoo correlations”. The response from the red list authors that Alex posted above makes at least as compelling of a case in favor of their approach. Moreover, an actual read through of the studies that the authors of “voodoo correlations” attack persuaded me that the approach taken by many of the red list studies was actually quite sound and definitely not nearly as inappropriate as one might gather from only reading the “voodoo” paper. The “voodoo” paper may be stretching it a bit. So take it with a grain of salt.

By: alex

alex — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:15:21 +0000

i work in the field though am not involved directly – and i’m a fan of mind hacks. but the issues aren’t as clear cut as the authors of ‘voodoo correlations’ suggest – a response from some of the ‘red list’ authors is now online at http://www.bcn-nic.nl/replyVul.pdf. there is more as well at http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090114/pdf/457245a.pdf. i hope the owner as well as readers of the site will have a look.

By: hermit

hermit — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:15:42 +0000

about time