Comments on: Scientific American: Let’s Stretch Research to Make it Sexy! http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/06/09/scientific-american-lets-stretch-research-to-make-it-sexy/ Dr. John Grohol's daily update on all things in psychology and mental health. Since 1999. Sat, 26 May 2012 02:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Men’s Game » Blog Archive » 2008-06-13 Spike activity http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/06/09/scientific-american-lets-stretch-research-to-make-it-sexy/comment-page-1/#comment-523265 Men’s Game » Blog Archive » 2008-06-13 Spike activity Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:21:29 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2164#comment-523265 [...] PsychCentral has a wonderful bit of detective work showing the Scientific American just replaced ‘writing’ with ‘blogging’ to re-release an article entitled ‘Blogging: It’s Good for You’. [...] [...] PsychCentral has a wonderful bit of detective work showing the Scientific American just replaced ‘writing’ with ‘blogging’ to re-release an article entitled ‘Blogging: It’s Good for You’. [...]

]]> By: 2008-06-13 Spike activity | Psychology Blog http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/06/09/scientific-american-lets-stretch-research-to-make-it-sexy/comment-page-1/#comment-517472 2008-06-13 Spike activity | Psychology Blog Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:45:52 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2164#comment-517472 [...] PsychCentral has a wonderful bit of detective work showing the Scientific American just replaced ‘writing’ with ‘blogging’ to re-release an article entitled ‘Blogging: It’s Good for You’. [...] [...] PsychCentral has a wonderful bit of detective work showing the Scientific American just replaced ‘writing’ with ‘blogging’ to re-release an article entitled ‘Blogging: It’s Good for You’. [...]

]]> By: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/06/09/scientific-american-lets-stretch-research-to-make-it-sexy/comment-page-1/#comment-515703 John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:02:39 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2164#comment-515703 I know magazines and websites and such have to make their headlines "sexy" in order to attract an audience. But in this case, it just seems like the article was reaching to tie anything done in the research world to blogging itself. It would have held far more credibility for me had they reference actual blogging studies that showed what the article purported. I know magazines and websites and such have to make their headlines “sexy” in order to attract an audience. But in this case, it just seems like the article was reaching to tie anything done in the research world to blogging itself. It would have held far more credibility for me had they reference actual blogging studies that showed what the article purported.

]]> By: » Scientific American: Let’s Stretch Research to Make it Sexy! http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/06/09/scientific-american-lets-stretch-research-to-make-it-sexy/comment-page-1/#comment-515299 » Scientific American: Let’s Stretch Research to Make it Sexy! Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:45:40 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2164#comment-515299 [...] [Technorati] Tag results for behavior health wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt You’d think that Scientific American would be the last publication on Earth where its editors would stretch an article or its headlines to suggest findings not actually found in the research. And if you’re a regular reader of World of Psychology, you’d know you’d be wrong. Scientific American recently published an article entitled, Blogging: It’s Good for You. In such an article, you’d expect an article to reference research on blogging, no? Well, not surprising, the article had no such refe [...] [...] [Technorati] Tag results for behavior health wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt You’d think that Scientific American would be the last publication on Earth where its editors would stretch an article or its headlines to suggest findings not actually found in the research. And if you’re a regular reader of World of Psychology, you’d know you’d be wrong. Scientific American recently published an article entitled, Blogging: It’s Good for You. In such an article, you’d expect an article to reference research on blogging, no? Well, not surprising, the article had no such refe [...]

]]> By: Jeremiah http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/06/09/scientific-american-lets-stretch-research-to-make-it-sexy/comment-page-1/#comment-515278 Jeremiah Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:15:44 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2164#comment-515278 Interesting. I recently posted on a similar issue regarding an article I read from Medical News Today. They noted food was not linked to ADHD in the headline, but in the body of the article, they discussed how food was not linked to hyperactivity. I simply noted how I was confused, as the writers seemed to be using hyperactivity and ADHD interchangeably. In this case, I'm not so sure it was for page hits (though it might have been), as much as a lack of knowledge about what each term actually encompasses. Interesting. I recently posted on a similar issue regarding an article I read from Medical News Today. They noted food was not linked to ADHD in the headline, but in the body of the article, they discussed how food was not linked to hyperactivity. I simply noted how I was confused, as the writers seemed to be using hyperactivity and ADHD interchangeably. In this case, I’m not so sure it was for page hits (though it might have been), as much as a lack of knowledge about what each term actually encompasses.

]]> By: Scientific American: Let’s Stretch Research to Make it Sexy! http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/06/09/scientific-american-lets-stretch-research-to-make-it-sexy/comment-page-1/#comment-515173 Scientific American: Let’s Stretch Research to Make it Sexy! Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:06:38 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2164#comment-515173 [...] lhgould wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe one research study the article references is “Implementing an Expressive Writing Study in a Cancer Clinic.” It does not involve blogging. Half of the people who participated in the research dropped out before the researchers could … [...] [...] lhgould wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe one research study the article references is “Implementing an Expressive Writing Study in a Cancer Clinic.” It does not involve blogging. Half of the people who participated in the research dropped out before the researchers could … [...]

]]> By: Seaneen http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/06/09/scientific-american-lets-stretch-research-to-make-it-sexy/comment-page-1/#comment-515156 Seaneen Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:55:10 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2164#comment-515156 Hello! Sorry to be off-topic, but could you change my "pole to polar" link on Well Read to "The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive"? Thank you! Hello!

Sorry to be off-topic, but could you change my “pole to polar” link on Well Read to “The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive”?

Thank you!

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