A brief guide to situating the neuroscience of Black and White civilian arrests in a broader social context

Abstract

This commentary provides some guidance to reading and interpreting the results reported in Dang et al. (2022). In light of the recent events of police violence and the public interest such important topics, we believe it is warranted to provide some guidance to interpreting the findings of this article for readers from the broader scientific community and the general public. We focus on the distinction between the reported results and their interpretation, conveying the scientific method's subtleties to the larger audience, and situating the findings in a broader context.