Being 'Born-Again' Linked to More Brain Atrophy: Study

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4. I have some issues with this

It's a small study. It's a single, and not yet replicated. It's based on self-report data, which opens it up to bias. It doesn't seem to be blinded (although I may be wrong about that).

And here's the big complaint! All the people studied were older than 58, which introduces a huge bias. Of course there's going to be changes in those individuals! And of course there's going to be correlations. Most interesting is the apparent correlation between born agains and non-believers. What the Sam Hell does that mean? This sounds like an example of the Texas sharpshooter fallacy. You do a study and look for any correlation that exists. That's no way to do science.

This makes this study highly suspect.