What Is the Difference Between a Plausible Mechanism and a Proven Benefit?
Why a plausible mechanism isn’t proof something eases anxiety: animal-to-human gaps, surrogate outcomes, and how GABA, magnesium and probiotics compare.
Why a plausible mechanism isn’t proof something eases anxiety: animal-to-human gaps, surrogate outcomes, and how GABA, magnesium and probiotics compare.
Correlation vs causation in anxiety research: why a link isn’t proof, and how follow-up studies, trials and genetic designs get closer to cause.
What anxiety studies actually measure: how questionnaires like the GAD-7, clinical interviews, body signals and lab tasks perform, and what each misses.