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Neuroskeptic Has Moved 22 Feb 2013 | 12:04 am
After four years, Neuroskeptic is no longer an indie blog - I've moved to Discover Magazine blogs. The new address is here: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/ So please stop using this ...
Neuroskeptic Is Moving 9 Feb 2013 | 02:30 pm
Over the next few days, Neuroskeptic will be moving to Discover Magazine. Which is very exciting. This will mean no new posts for at least a week, while we sort out the technical issues of the transi...
Still 'Profiteering From Anxiety' 7 Feb 2013 | 02:36 am
Late last year, the excellent Neurobonkers blog covered a case of 'Profiteering from anxiety'. It seems one Nader Amir has applied for a patent on the psychological technique of 'Attentional Retraini...
Unilaterally Raising the Scientific Standard 3 Feb 2013 | 03:51 pm
For years, I and others have been arguing that the current system of publishing science is broken. Publishing and peer-reviewing work only after the study's been conducted and the data analysed allows...
Language That Is Person-First 1 Feb 2013 | 01:37 am
An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal by Roger Collier highlights the problem of Person-first language: Laudable cause, horrible prose Person-first language (or language that is pe...
Another Scuffle In The Coma Ward 29 Jan 2013 | 12:25 am
It's not been a good few weeks for Adrian Owen and his team of Canadian neurologists. Over the past few years, Owen's made numerous waves, thanks to his claim that some patients thought to be in a ve...
Is This How Memory Works? 27 Jan 2013 | 02:46 pm
We know quite a bit about how long-term memory is formed in the brain - it's all about strengthening of synaptic connections between neurons. But what about remembering something over the course of ju...
Is Medical Science Really 86% True? 24 Jan 2013 | 11:39 pm
The idea that Most Published Research Findings Are False rocked the world of science when it was proposed in 2005. Since then, however, it's become widely accepted - at least with respect to many kind...
How To Respond to Criticism 22 Jan 2013 | 01:58 am
People argue. On the internet, especially. Here's some tips on how best to respond to criticism of your ideas or writing - in my experience (the fact that I've often failed to follow these rules mysel...
How (Not) To Fix Social Psychology 18 Jan 2013 | 02:54 pm
British psychologist David Shanks has commented on the Diedrik Stapel affair and other recent scandals that have rocked the field of social psychology: Unconscious track to disciplinary train wreck, ...
