Talk:Nancy Kanwisher

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Agree with her or not Kanwisher is definitely an important figure in cognitive psychology / neuroscience. Why is the notability of this article questioned while many other articles on far less notable scientists exist? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.95.6.117 (talk) 14:21, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with 18.95.6.117 - there is no doubt whatsoever that Kanwisher is a notable scientist. By the guidelines in WP:Notability_(people), she qualifies under both "received a notable award or honor" (National Academy membership, for instance) and "made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field" (she arguably discovered, and at the very least named, the FFA. 1500+ citations are unlikely to be wrong.) I'm going to go ahead and remove the notability tag. 76.22.251.63 (talk) 05:54, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to bring it up again. This article reads like a CV for a rather average college professor at a really good school. There is no content in this article that explains why it's worth reading, even if you contort the notability guidelines to justify her being notable. National Academy membership? Everything in her research section, including the description of her work as some sort of gold standard, was written by her. I think this article is about a professor who's had a nice career, like tens of thousands of others. I don't think it belongs here. Dcs002 (talk) 00:38, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I am a cognitive neuroscientist at a European university and have no relations whatshowever to Kanwisher. Howeve,r every general student textbook in my field (Cognitive Neuroscience) highlights her work in the context of (1) human face perception (FFA), and (2) the more general question to what degree we have functionally spezialized brain areas (and the scientific debate of the role of brain area specialiation vs. the role of expertise). Regardless of the quality of the entry, it seems pretty clear to me that having an entry is warranted. 84.24.41.120 (talk) 18:06, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Several edits have been made in past days over some tweet, on X, that has claimed Nancy has been labelled as anti-semitic. The tweet is not a substantiation citation. Please look for possible vandalism in future and talk before making changes. --NerdboiIndia (talk) 11:58, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]