
Warning to Neuroscientists: Keep Away from Psychology!
The speaker critically examined the intersection of neuroscience and psychology, asserting that while neuroscience has valid scientific contributions, especially in studying brain functions like memory and cognition, psychology remains a pseudoscience lacking reproducibility, reliable clinical entities, and scientific rigor. The speaker highlighted major flaws in neuroscience studies related to psychological disorders, including small sample sizes, poor methodology, non-replicability, and the confounding influence of co-morbidities. Ultimately, the discussion emphasized that coupling immature neuroscience with pseudoscientific psychology undermines both fields, questioning the validity of constructs like ADHD and narcissistic personality disorder. Neuroscientists …