Topic summary
78%18 analyzed articles/videos19,062 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Neuroscience results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Appeal to Authority, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7% saturation with 5,333 hits. Analysis detected 56,033 faulty-reasoning hits from 76,154 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 19% (19,752 of 24,276 topics). This Neuroscience is better (less manipulative) than 81.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510018.6% percentile
1.5% BS Score18 analyzed articles76.2K 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 3.3%3.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.6%2.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.7%5.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 6.0%6.0%

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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.0%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Brains don't always rot: Scientists may finally know how human brains have evaded decay for thousands of years1%
Live Science22%By Victoria Atkinson0%8/4/2026, 10:00:43 AM
To detect CTE while alive, a test for another brain disease may help12%
Science News24%By RJ Mackenzie23%7/31/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Seattle’s celebrity raccoon has overcome his own challenges, but research shows the species is particularly well-suited thanks to their sophisticated brains — and devoted moms50%
The Inlander11%By Kelly Lambert57% The Conversation26%7/30/2026, 1:30:00 AM
Seattle’s celebrity raccoon has overcome his own challenges, but research shows the species is particularly well-suited thanks to their sophisticated brains — and devoted moms34%
The Inlander11%By Kelly Lambert57% The Conversation26%7/30/2026, 1:30:00 AM
Seattle’s celebrity raccoon has overcome his own challenges, but research shows the species is particularly well-suited thanks to their sophisticated brains — and devoted moms49%
The Inlander11%By Kelly Lambert57% The Conversation26%7/30/2026, 1:30:00 AM
Neuroscience findings often can't be replicated — and it's a big problem for what we know about the brain20%
Live Science22%By RJ Mackenzie23%7/21/2026, 5:00:00 AM
Cells from your mother likely infiltrated your brain in the womb, and they could survive for decades, study reveals7%
Live Science22%By Clarissa Brincat20%7/19/2026, 4:00:00 AM
After revolutionary brain-computer implant, man with paralysis can feed himself69%
Popular Science29%By Andrew Paul36%7/16/2026, 8:00:00 AM
Brief Encounter: A Letter from a 19th Century Physician to Donald Trump55%
Washington Monthly73%By E. Fuller Torrey74% Wendy Simmons74%7/15/2026, 2:00:00 AM
BCG vaccine linked to changes in brain immunity and Alzheimer's biomarkers22%
Medical News Today33%By Peter Morales-Brown52%7/6/2026, 10:30:00 AM