Perceived Importance of Neuroscientific Terms in Experimental Explanations. A Folk Psychology Pilot Study
- Autori: Cardaci, M; Tabacchi, M
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2015
- Tipologia: Contributo in atti di convegno pubblicato in rivista
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/201847
Abstract
A very well known set of experiments by Weisberg et al. Weisberg (2007) has shown that possible explanations of psychological phenomena by naïve subjects are rated as more satisfying when they contain neuroscientific information, even if such information is completely irrelevant to the phenomenon examined.