Lower working memory capacity linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines during the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak

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Lower working memory capacity linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines during the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak · 2

ButterflyEffect · 1473 days ago

psypost.org · #psychology · #covid19

Saw humanodon post this elsewhere...somebody tell me why this study is bullshit.

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uhsguy · 1473 days ago · link ·

Yeah that’s a elite snob way of calling people idiots, but the real idiots are the people that “peer reviewed” this and allowed it to go out. And you wonder why people in middle America don’t trust science.

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humanodon · 1464 days ago · link ·

As the article points out, this is an initial study correlating a linkage, not "proof", of a gap between behavior that is possibly bound by a cognitive bottleneck and behavior that is supported by broad-based habit adoption, to a new set of behaviors.

Could this research be more robust? Sure. Is this particular piece of research bullshit? Maybe, maybe not. What's your criteria?