Superfluous Neuroscience Information Bias Likely Due to Relative Neuroscience Admiration

Fernandez-Duque at al. (2015) found that superfluous neuroscience information enhances the appeal of research findings over superfluous hard science or social science information. We tested the validity of three interpretations of this bias. Our results replicated the phenomenon and found that a relative neuroscience admiration as the most parsimonious explanation.