By: Marcus Body
Hi Ed, sure you’ve already read it, but related post from Ben Goldacre’s blog here about Psychology and publication of null results (or not), even as far back as 1959… Thought it might interest some of...
View ArticleBy: Dr Max L. Wilson
At the largest conference in the HCI field of research (which began with many psych people in the 80s), we are in the process of setting up a sub-conference venue to publish and discuss replication,...
View ArticleBy: Andrew Smith
Why would a single failure to replicate — assuming no error in how the study was conducted — not invalidate the initial result? I thought the essence of science was falsification. If I throw an apple...
View ArticleBy: Gordon Moskowitz
There are so many points raised in these various posts it is not possible for me to comment on all of them. I just wanted to state three simple things: 1) The original paper in question did a direct...
View ArticleBy: Daniel Nadolny
Great points, Gordon. For those interested in the “preparation to interact” hypothesis, I’d recommend checking out the Cesario, Higgins and and Plaks 2006 JPSP (study 2). People who hold negative...
View ArticleBy: Ron R
I don’t know about the US, but inthe UK, the average life expectancy has increased by approx 3.75 years in the 15-16 years between these 2 studies (10 years in 4 decades). I am certain (but can not...
View ArticleBy: Matt Craddock
In reply to Gordon Moskowitz: as the guy who made the early running in pointing out the contradictions in Bargh’s post, of course I’m not offended by it being pointed out that I’m not an expert in...
View ArticleBy: Dave Bell
I see that there are one or two mentions of the problems with the timing method, pointing out that the modern experimenter would “film” the subjects walking down the corridor, and take the timing from...
View ArticleBy: Steve Kass
A few years ago, Bargh participated in an episode of the BBC program Horizons (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/decisions/highlights/) that dramatized a priming...
View ArticleBy: Stevan Harnad
NOT ROCKET SCIENCE INDEED: TYPE I SCIENCE It’s certainly true that much of research in psychology is not rocket science. In the core of physics and engineering (including rocket science) there is...
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