this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2024
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Is this clickbait science?
I think The Lancet is a reputable journal. They seem to have conveyed the findings of this article well. With quotes from the authors as well. Seems like an adequately scientific article with very little exaggeration. So, by my standards I wouldn’t consider it click bait.
The title is definitely clickbaity but the science is real as far as I can tell.
This reminds me though: I knew a woman with mental health issues who was convinced that people around her were constantly making faces at her. The article says this specific thing is very very rare, and more neurological than psychological when it happens, but still I wonder a little bit. 😕
No, it's a rare but interesting condition that could eventually have implications for adjacent psychological or physiological research.