Is Precognition Real?
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Skeptics Eviscerated a Cornell Psychologist Whose Published Evidence Said Yes. A Decade Later, His Data Has Stood Up. More…
Skeptics Eviscerated a Cornell Psychologist Whose Published Evidence Said Yes. A Decade Later, His Data Has Stood Up. More…
Enlarge / A jumbled jigsaw puzzle, AKA the state of theory in the behavioral sciences. (credit: flickr user: giveawayboy) A…
Here’s a Halloween-themed Mind Game for you. A 2011 psychology study claimed to show evidence for precognition - but had more…
via giphyBy Christian…
Você já teve um sonho sobre um evento que acabou acontecendo de verdade? Algo como uma premonição? Vários filmes já exploraram…
Você já teve um sonho sobre um evento que acabou acontecendo de verdade? Algo como uma premonição? Vários filmes já exploraram…
Most Psychology findings are not replicable. What can be done? Stanford psychologist Michael Frank has an idea : Cumulative…
Most Psychology findings are not replicable. What can be done? Stanford psychologist Michael Frank has an idea : Cumulative…
From Wired: SCIENTISTS ARE WRONG ALL THE TIME, AND THAT’S…
On February 28, 1998, the eminent medical journal The Lancet published an observational study of 12 children: Ileal-lymphoid-nodu…
“I never quit until I get what I’m after. Negative results are just what I’m after. They are just as valuable to me as positive…
Parapsychology has been a controversial subject from its very inception. Many scientists have expressed doubts that psi – the…
In which a journal editor weighs in on getting negative results into the hands of people who can use them. (Image: North…
In science today, there's a huge problem: Way too many people are publishing way too many results that are way too positive. …
For years, I and others have been arguing that the current system of publishing science is broken. Publishing and peer-reviewing…
La frase “un estudio demuestra que”, escrita entre comillas, devuelve poco más de un millón de resultados la última vez que la…
There’s been quite a good deal of discussion recently about (1) how we validate a scientific fact (http://bit.ly/R8ruMg; http://b…
Ben Goldacre’s second TED talk was published this month, and it’s on similar lines to the first (you can find his previous one…
In 2011, Daryl Bem, who has the distinction of being both a respected social psychologist and an investigator into the…
There has been much talk recently about the scientific process in the light of recent claims of fraud against a number of…
Note – This article was also cross-posted at Science-Based Medicine. I love reading quotes by the likes of Karl Popper in the…
I love reading quotes by the likes of Karl Popper in the scientific literature. A recent replication of Bem’s infamous psi…
Muchos se sorprendieron cuando Daryl J. Bem logró colar en la prestigiosa revista Journal of Personality and Social Psychology…
Muchos se sorprendieron cuando Daryl J. Bem logró colar en la prestigiosa revista Journal of Personality and Social Psychology…
Experimento "Ganzfeld"Aunque la imagen popular de la parapsicología está muy vinculada con el folklore popular, y rodeada por…
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: People dream about approaching things more than they dream about running…
Investigaciones científicas concluirían que Isaac Mendez (Héroes) sería un personaje de ficción. En noviembre de 2010 un…
Tuck into our latest round-up of the best psych and neuro links. The dilemma of weak neuroimaging papers - Daniel Bor explains…