The truths about neuroscience

Neuroscience is often said to have the answer to educational questions often by people who know little about the subject. To get to the facts we have invited Dr Stuart Derbyshire, Reader in Psychology at the University of Birmingham, to explore the often wild claims made on behalf of neuroscience in order to separate a great intellectual achievement from what we can call neuro-hype or what Professor Ray Tallis has labelled Neurotrash.