Cool Article (To Me)

Today's article was a fascinating read. Well, to me, a girl who is majoring in psychology, at least. I think the beginning of the article hooks any the reader in. It's witty and paints images of the absurd to grabs the readers interest. However as the article continues it gets more scientific and less interesting to the average reader. Although to me it was fascinating, I think the average reader would not see the significance in this study. In fact, the author explains that this study still needs more research to be done and will not change anything in the school systems. Once again, it seems as though the media has written an article before enough scientific research has been done to support the claims.

In addition the further you read the article, the more scientifically complex it became. By the end of the article words like "anterior cingulate cortex" were being tossed around without any explanation. This caused me to believe that the author was targeting an educated audience rather than the average reader of the New York Times.