Author: Corinne Purtill
Corinne Purtill
has 31.6% among authors.
BS Score: 2.3%.
Articles analyzed: 4.
Words analyzed: 15,029.
Analyzed articles
Los Angeles Times
- By Corinne Purtill
- 6/15/2026, 10:00 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 25.8% - Hasty Generalization 15.1% - Confirmation Bias 7.2%
In early 2022, around the time the Omicron variant started driving a new surge in COVID-19 cases, researchers at James DeGregori’s University of Colorado Anschutz lab noticed something unusual: When lab mice with dormant breast cancer cells were infected with either influenza or SARS-CoV-2, the animals were significantly more likely to... more
Los Angeles Times
- By Corinne Purtill
- 5/7/2026, 11:04 PM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 20.4% - Overconfidence Bias 20% - Optimism Bias 20%
With each step you take, coordinated contractions in your abdominal muscles help keep you stable and upright. Now, new research finds that those gentle changes in tension and pressure also affect your brain, and may play a role in the organ’s overall health. Imaging in humans and other animal species has long shown that the brain gently... more
Los Angeles Times
- By Corinne Purtill
- 2/13/2026, 11:00 AM
Her usual doctor wasn’t available, so the 21-year-old woman was scheduled with a different Cedars-Sinai Medical Center gynecologist whom she had never seen before: Dr. Barry J. Brock. She was the day’s last patient, and Brock sent his nurse home as soon as she checked in. He led the woman to an examination room where he told her to... more
Los Angeles Times
- By Corinne Purtill
- 12/27/2025, 11:00 AM
We often think of memories like the contents of a museum: static exhibits that we view to understand the present and prepare for the future. The latest research, however, suggests they are more like well-thumbed library books that wear and change a little bit every time they’re pulled off the shelf. Think of one of your happiest... more