Topic summary
57%13 analyzed articles/videos15,311 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Neuroscience results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Appeal to Authority, and Confirmation Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7.9% saturation with 4,465 hits. Analysis detected 46,120 faulty-reasoning hits from 56,459 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 12% (13,835 of 15,559 topics). This Neuroscience is better (less manipulative) than 88.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510011.1% percentile
1.6% BS Score13 analyzed articles56.5K 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 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.1%2.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.8%6.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 6.8%6.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.8%, sitewide 3.3%Halo Effect: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Neuroscience findings often can't be replicated — and it's a big problem for what we know about the brain23%
Live Science8%By RJ Mackenzie13%7/21/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Cells from your mother likely infiltrated your brain in the womb, and they could survive for decades, study reveals6%
Live Science8%By Clarissa Brincat30%7/19/2026, 11:00:00 AM
After revolutionary brain-computer implant, man with paralysis can feed himself71%
Popular Science13%By Andrew Paul24%7/16/2026, 3:00:00 PM
Brief Encounter: A Letter from a 19th Century Physician to Donald Trump39%
Washington Monthly51%By E. Fuller Torrey53% Wendy Simmons53%7/15/2026, 9:00:00 AM
BCG vaccine linked to changes in brain immunity and Alzheimer's biomarkers11%
Medical News Today12%By Peter Morales-Brown0%7/6/2026, 5:30:00 PM
Can stress age your stem cells? New mice study points to gut-brain-bone marrow link32%
Medical News Today12%By Corrie Pelc0%7/2/2026, 4:01:38 PM
The truth about brain rot, according to science32%
Science News9%By Kathryn Hulick39%6/18/2026, 1:00:00 PM
A neuroscientist's guide to future-proofing your brain and thinking smarter in the 21st Century40%
BBC0%By David Robson0%5/22/2026, 9:02:02 AM
Scientists discover molecular process of normal brain aging80%
The Japan Times65%By Tomoko Otake0%5/22/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind65%
BBC0%By Diego Arguedas Ortiz0%4/18/2026, 9:01:03 AM