Neuro News Nanos

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Here are this morning’s:

* Why doctors shouldn’t wear neckties — perform no beneficial function in patient care — and have been shown to be colonized by pathogens

* Social science underground — subways as a laboratory for psychology — random people together in a contained, observable setting

* Autism, desperation, and untested treatments — many of these treatments are based on flimsy or non-existent evidence — they are being promoted by a subculture of parents of autistic children, who seem to overlap significantly with the anti-vaccination movement

* The paradox of choice is not robust — it is hard to find much evidence that retailers are ferociously simplifying their offerings in an effort to boost sales — Starbucks boasts about its “87,000 drink combinations,” supermarkets are packed with options

* Freakonomics backlash continues — Andy Warhol defined art as “what you can get away with” — is economics now what you can get away with?

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