Why I'm Not a Cognitive Psychologist... or a Behaviorist... or a Biologist

Erik J. Garcia

doi:10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00316

Why I'm Not a Cognitive Psychologist... or a Behaviorist... or a Biologist

Erik J. Garcia

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"Science" is under increasing amounts of scrutiny. Concerns about reproducibility, reduced institutional support, and intensified competition has been highlighted in recent years, but segregated science endangers scientific discovery above all. Segregated science can be interdisciplinary (biology vs psychology) or intradisciplinary (behaviorism vs cognitive psychology). The advancement of science and public knowledge depends on the unification of all disciplines to better understand the phenomena scientists study. We suggest that engendering collaborations across scientific disciplines produces better-designed research and appropriate interpretations, and increases career-long success. I am not a cognitive psychologist, behaviorist, or biologist because I am a neuroscientist.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2100-2101
Number of pages	2
Journal	ACS chemical neuroscience
Volume	8
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00316
State	Published - Oct 18 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Science
collaboration
interdisciplinary
intradisciplinary

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Biochemistry
Physiology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cell Biology

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