Pop music has a distant cousin: pop science. I first encountered the “pop” adjective before “science” when reading about ethology, the continental tradition in the study of animal behavior. The revival of the notion of instinct (Konrad Lorenz), and the flourishing of animal studies in natural conditions (apes in particular) led to the publication of [...]
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The “pop” genre in science
Posted in social neuroscience, tagged carwash, Desmond Morris, grandmother cells, pop-ethology, pop-neuroscience, social neuroscience on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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