Topic summary
10%3 analyzed articles/videos2,915 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Neurology results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Appeal to Authority, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 721 hits. Analysis detected 5,740 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,914 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 21% (13,132 of 16,562 topics). This Neurology is better (less manipulative) than 79.30% of the peer group.
Neurology
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 9,914
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510020.7% percentile
1.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles9.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 4.1%4.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.6%5.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.1%2.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.3%1.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate