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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...

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By: 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,...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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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