User:Gracelynprom/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Cultural neuroscience

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
As a sociology and neuroscience major, I love learning about the intersections between our cultural/social environment and neuroscience. Hence, the cultural neuroscience article felt natural for me to pick. Especially in the field of epigenetics where our environment/culture are prominent factors in affecting our gene expression, focusing on cultural neuroscience is vital to honing in on the neural aspect of epigenetics for its consideration of the cultural context of neurological changes.

Evaluate the article
Everything in the article is relevant, and nothing in particular distracts me. The information is not out of date; however, I think the article could benefit from research within the last decade. There does seem to be underrepresentation in the article. Especially because this topic is focused on cultural differences, the article would benefit much more from research that does not just focus on the differences between East Asian and Western populations. Expansion into other Asian populations, African populations, Latinx populations, and other marginalized populations should proceed. This may not be the article's fault and more so the lack of representation in research itself thus far. Further exploration into this topic is needed.

The article fairs well in remaining neutral in tone. There does not appear to be any heavily biased claims towards one particular position or another.

From the citations that I checked, the links work, and the sources support the claims in the article well. All references appear to be from reliable, neutral, and diverse sources. Many of the articles come from PubMed/PMC or peer-reviewed, reliable databases.

The first conversation I came across on the talk page was a discussion about how to mention the way in which cultural neuroscience is a fairly new and emerging field without presenting it as original research. Additionally, there were comments on the rhetorical question used to exemplify what the field seeks to explore. Though I particularly enjoyed this aspect and felt it was a great way to create interest in the article, I do see how it may appear somewhat biased or self-interested. This article is rated C-class (of low importance) and part of WikiProject Neuroscience, Psychology, and Biology. This article discusses the topic in a more general findings manner as opposed to the detailed mechanistic way we discuss epigenetics in class.