Left-right spatial agnosia and other mental defects that characterize clinical researchers.
There are mathematical rules for determining the logical significance of data, just as there are such rules for determining the statistical significance of data. Logical significance reflects the question a study is asking, whereas statistical significance reflects how well it has been answered. Clinical researchers routinely make an incorrect determination as to their study's logical significance because of a spatial (left-right) agnosia. More diffuse cognitive dysfunctions are encouraged by journals that expect clinicians to report on a study as a prerequisite for communicating their pre-existing opinions. The unwillingness or inability of the clinical community to acknowledge this problem reflects a related anosagnosia.
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D000377:Agnosia / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology*