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Neuroscience meets a bad analogy
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That is a pretty creative reframing of scientific findings -- it's neuroscience meets Nora Roberts!
No, it's neuroscience meets Clive Cussler [or other purveyors of blow-em-up, screw-em-silly prick lit]. The witless female character is most commonly found as a decorative accessory to a male protagonist in the action-blockbuster genre. Nora Roberts, in contrast, is not known for alpha heroes and dim heroines. Her Eve Dallas books feature a female protagonist with brain cells to spare, married to an equally sharp guy who frequently takes a backseat role.
I agree that the mouse study is getting a ridiculous, and premature, spin. But if you want to reframe the issue, choose your targets more carefully.