Is epigenetics the new neurobollocks?
October 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Is epigenetics the new neurobollocks?
Torva has acquired Neurobollocks: Why Nearly Everything You Know About Your Brain Is Wrong by Dr Joseph Devlin. Torva will publish the book in Spring 2027 👇 #BookSky
Torva wins eight-way auction for leading neuroscientist's book debunking popular pseudoscience
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September 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Torva has acquired Neurobollocks: Why Nearly Everything You Know About Your Brain Is Wrong by Dr Joseph Devlin. Torva will publish the book in Spring 2027 👇 #BookSky
Neurobollocks in psychotherapy
Polyvagal Theory and “vagus nerve hacks” sound compelling—but when you dig into the citations, the evidence unravels. In my latest piece, I explore why massage won’t “activate” your vagus nerve and why we need sharper BS filters in psychotherapy
Polyvagal Theory and “vagus nerve hacks” sound compelling—but when you dig into the citations, the evidence unravels. In my latest piece, I explore why massage won’t “activate” your vagus nerve and why we need sharper BS filters in psychotherapy
Neurobollocks in psychotherapy
Polyvagal Theory and “vagus nerve hacks” sound compelling—but when you dig into the citations, the evidence unravels. In my latest piece, I explore why massage won’t “activate” your vagus nerve and why we need sharper BS filters in psychotherapy
mindblownpsychology.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Neurobollocks in psychotherapy
Polyvagal Theory and “vagus nerve hacks” sound compelling—but when you dig into the citations, the evidence unravels. In my latest piece, I explore why massage won’t “activate” your vagus nerve and why we need sharper BS filters in psychotherapy
Polyvagal Theory and “vagus nerve hacks” sound compelling—but when you dig into the citations, the evidence unravels. In my latest piece, I explore why massage won’t “activate” your vagus nerve and why we need sharper BS filters in psychotherapy
Great new word "neurobollocks". Will try out variations attaching the second part of the word. 👍
July 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Great new word "neurobollocks". Will try out variations attaching the second part of the word. 👍
'neurobollocks influencers' shall now be my phrase of the week. nice work.
July 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
'neurobollocks influencers' shall now be my phrase of the week. nice work.
Unfortunately, papers like this are catnip for hacky neurobollocks influencers and I doubt that the retraction will make a difference. Should never have been published in the first place.
In February 2024, I wrote Scientific Reports about a published meta-analysis claiming that mindfulness interventions affect neural plasticity, 'cementing the neuropsychological basis of mindfulness-based interventions'.
The paper was retracted yesterday—here a little summary of the process.🧵
The paper was retracted yesterday—here a little summary of the process.🧵
July 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Unfortunately, papers like this are catnip for hacky neurobollocks influencers and I doubt that the retraction will make a difference. Should never have been published in the first place.
I literally just remembered that, a decade ago, academia and public life was so taken with the idea that we were able to read off people's actions from their brainwaves that critics had to coin the term "neurobollocks" to discourage it.
They seem to have succeeded...
neurobollocks.wordpress.com
They seem to have succeeded...
neurobollocks.wordpress.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I literally just remembered that, a decade ago, academia and public life was so taken with the idea that we were able to read off people's actions from their brainwaves that critics had to coin the term "neurobollocks" to discourage it.
They seem to have succeeded...
neurobollocks.wordpress.com
They seem to have succeeded...
neurobollocks.wordpress.com
I’m so glad you said this.
That study was interesting (well designed!) enough without the neurobollocks.
That study was interesting (well designed!) enough without the neurobollocks.
I think the conclusion of this study is likely to be valid however it is worth noting that any attempts to localise cognitive tasks such as writing to a specific brain activation/connectivity is problematic because that's not how the brain works.
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June 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I’m so glad you said this.
That study was interesting (well designed!) enough without the neurobollocks.
That study was interesting (well designed!) enough without the neurobollocks.
New Labour loved charities & the 'third sector'. When the Tories came to power in 2010 they chose to cut funding across the board. Kids' Club, which was run chaotically and had a high-profile, spotlight-chasing founder spouting neurobollocks, was too easy a target and the govt stiffed them.
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Kids Company has won its judicial review against the Charity Commission, with the court finding the regulator’s report was irrational and unfair.
This is long-overdue justice for the charity and its founder, Camila Batmanghelidjh.
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Kids Company has won its judicial review against the Charity Commission, with the court finding the regulator’s report was irrational and unfair.
This is long-overdue justice for the charity and its founder, Camila Batmanghelidjh.
goodlaw.social/vqpw
Vindicated: Kids Company wins landmark legal battle against the Charity Commission | Good Law Project
Kids Company has won its judicial review against the Charity Commission, with the court finding the regulator’s report was irrational and unfair. This is long-overdue justice for the charity and its f...
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May 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New Labour loved charities & the 'third sector'. When the Tories came to power in 2010 they chose to cut funding across the board. Kids' Club, which was run chaotically and had a high-profile, spotlight-chasing founder spouting neurobollocks, was too easy a target and the govt stiffed them.
Do you think anything of his left brain right brain stuff. I feel like it’s dramatically over generalised neurobollocks, and I am shocked by how seriously it’s taken right now.
May 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Do you think anything of his left brain right brain stuff. I feel like it’s dramatically over generalised neurobollocks, and I am shocked by how seriously it’s taken right now.
Major #neurobollocks pervasive in psychotherapy.
#Attachment #MythBusting #29: Getting stuck in certain “brain or nervous system states” - especially in relation to #insecure #attachment and #trauma.
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#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
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#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
May 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Major #neurobollocks pervasive in psychotherapy.
Today, together with brilliant Dr @ananeurogeek.bsky.social, we do some more #MythBusting: "So happy together: Deconstructing the right #brain / left brain #myth".
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/right-b...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #Psychotherapy #Neurobollocks
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/right-b...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #Psychotherapy #Neurobollocks
So Happy Together: Deconstructing The Right Brain/Left Brain Myth
We carefully examine the claims around emotional lateralisation of the human brain, right-to-right hemisphere interbrain synchrony, attachment and the idea of ‘right brain’ psychotherapy
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today, together with brilliant Dr @ananeurogeek.bsky.social, we do some more #MythBusting: "So happy together: Deconstructing the right #brain / left brain #myth".
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/right-b...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #Psychotherapy #Neurobollocks
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/right-b...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #Psychotherapy #Neurobollocks
You’ve gotta love little #attachment #neurobollocks
April 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
You’ve gotta love little #attachment #neurobollocks
#Attachment #MythBusting #28: #Neurobollocks
Adding a #neuroscience element to claims about attachment can be helpful, but often results in "neurobollocks".
👉🏻https://pvrticka.com/attachment-myth-busting/#28
h/t @ananeurogeek.bsky.social - www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/feed
Adding a #neuroscience element to claims about attachment can be helpful, but often results in "neurobollocks".
👉🏻https://pvrticka.com/attachment-myth-busting/#28
h/t @ananeurogeek.bsky.social - www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/feed
April 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#Attachment #MythBusting #28: #Neurobollocks
Adding a #neuroscience element to claims about attachment can be helpful, but often results in "neurobollocks".
👉🏻https://pvrticka.com/attachment-myth-busting/#28
h/t @ananeurogeek.bsky.social - www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/feed
Adding a #neuroscience element to claims about attachment can be helpful, but often results in "neurobollocks".
👉🏻https://pvrticka.com/attachment-myth-busting/#28
h/t @ananeurogeek.bsky.social - www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/feed
New blog post on the classic #neurobollocks the lizard #brain with focus on #psychotherapy. The triune brain gets a bad rap too.
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#therapy #neuroscience
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/goodbye...
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#therapy #neuroscience
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/goodbye...
Goodbye Lizard Brain🦎🧠
Only lizards have lizard brains. Why the Triune brain theory deserves a bad rap. And four good reasons why we should not use it in psychotherapy.The lizard brain is the classic, original neurobollocks...
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
New blog post on the classic #neurobollocks the lizard #brain with focus on #psychotherapy. The triune brain gets a bad rap too.
🦎🧠✋
#therapy #neuroscience
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/goodbye...
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#therapy #neuroscience
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/goodbye...
🫣🤭🤔 I’m starting to believe the real epidemic isn't screens - it's the catastrophic failure to communicate science responsibly.
"Ancient neural network"? Sounds impressive… if you're writing sci-fi. This is how we end up with #neurobollocks spreading faster than good ideas.
"Ancient neural network"? Sounds impressive… if you're writing sci-fi. This is how we end up with #neurobollocks spreading faster than good ideas.
April 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🫣🤭🤔 I’m starting to believe the real epidemic isn't screens - it's the catastrophic failure to communicate science responsibly.
"Ancient neural network"? Sounds impressive… if you're writing sci-fi. This is how we end up with #neurobollocks spreading faster than good ideas.
"Ancient neural network"? Sounds impressive… if you're writing sci-fi. This is how we end up with #neurobollocks spreading faster than good ideas.
Definitely using neurobollocks in future
March 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Definitely using neurobollocks in future
Surprisingly good neurobollocks poster at the local high school
March 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Surprisingly good neurobollocks poster at the local high school
Es gibt viele Texte, die behaupten, dass uns die Sozialen Medien süchtig machen, weil sie unseren #Dopamin-Spiegel gezielt beeinflussen.
Das ist Quatsch.
Und es gibt ein schönes Wort für diesen Quatsch:
„Neurobollocks".
#bluelz
(Quelle im ALT-Text)
Das ist Quatsch.
Und es gibt ein schönes Wort für diesen Quatsch:
„Neurobollocks".
#bluelz
(Quelle im ALT-Text)
March 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Es gibt viele Texte, die behaupten, dass uns die Sozialen Medien süchtig machen, weil sie unseren #Dopamin-Spiegel gezielt beeinflussen.
Das ist Quatsch.
Und es gibt ein schönes Wort für diesen Quatsch:
„Neurobollocks".
#bluelz
(Quelle im ALT-Text)
Das ist Quatsch.
Und es gibt ein schönes Wort für diesen Quatsch:
„Neurobollocks".
#bluelz
(Quelle im ALT-Text)
Pursuit of woo and pseudoscience over evidence—the mythologies we tell ourselves—are how we got to RFK Jr. Like what one scientist calls neurobollocks, the nonsense that has seeped into our culture as neuroscience became a focus rather than behavior, more pseudo than science with each step.
January 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Pursuit of woo and pseudoscience over evidence—the mythologies we tell ourselves—are how we got to RFK Jr. Like what one scientist calls neurobollocks, the nonsense that has seeped into our culture as neuroscience became a focus rather than behavior, more pseudo than science with each step.
Neurogrifting - adding neurobollocks to other bollocks and charging people extra for it...
January 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Neurogrifting - adding neurobollocks to other bollocks and charging people extra for it...
🧠🦎🤪 #Neurobollocks is similar to neuro #myth or neuro snake-oil. A collection of #neurobollocks from #psychotherapy and #wellness world, featuring Deep neurobolocks, #Dopamine, #Vagus neurobollocks and more Enjoy! #neuroscience #TherapustsConnect www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/the-neu...
The Neurobollocks Bestiary (the Best Of Psychotherapy)
The best of neurobollocks from psychotherapy, complete with delightful debunking. Laugh, cry, or both - but above all... enjoy the ride
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:22 AM
🧠🦎🤪 #Neurobollocks is similar to neuro #myth or neuro snake-oil. A collection of #neurobollocks from #psychotherapy and #wellness world, featuring Deep neurobolocks, #Dopamine, #Vagus neurobollocks and more Enjoy! #neuroscience #TherapustsConnect www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/the-neu...
Brilliant article on a ‘specialist branch’ 🙄 of #pseudoscience the next step up from #neuromyths. The 4 levels of #neurobollocks - misinterpretation, oversimplification, misapplication, & exploitation. Starring favourites like NLP & manifesting!
#TherapistSky
#TherapistSky
Oldie But Goldie:
Don’t you just love little #neurobollocks from time to time? 🧠🤯😭
A funny blog post about a serious problem in #psychotherapy
#NeuroTherapy #TherapistSky #neuroscience #NeuroCounseling #mentalhealth
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/neuro-b...
Don’t you just love little #neurobollocks from time to time? 🧠🤯😭
A funny blog post about a serious problem in #psychotherapy
#NeuroTherapy #TherapistSky #neuroscience #NeuroCounseling #mentalhealth
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/neuro-b...
Neuro Bollocks(And Psychotherapy)
What is it about humans and the prefix 'neuro-'? What makes us so susceptible to suspending our disbelief in its presence? And why, as thera
www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Brilliant article on a ‘specialist branch’ 🙄 of #pseudoscience the next step up from #neuromyths. The 4 levels of #neurobollocks - misinterpretation, oversimplification, misapplication, & exploitation. Starring favourites like NLP & manifesting!
#TherapistSky
#TherapistSky