title: Left-right spatial agnosia and other mental defects that characterize clinical researchers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Algorithms Incorporated, Northridge, California 91325.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000377:Agnosia / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology*