https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp1ocUuPWiU About the talk Psychological science has been at the forefront of improving research practices. Yet, psychology is also a strongly norm driven field, and we risk replacing old norms with new norms, without increasing true understanding or the ability to justify our actions. I will unsuccessfully try to prevent you from just adopting theContinue reading "The new heuristics: Jumping through hoops instead of improving our science by Prof Daniel Lakens"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4o_COfcJpU About the speaker With a BSc (Hons) Pharmacology (University of Liverpool), Nadia has returned to academia having served in both the regular and reserve of the British Army for over ten years. Since returning she has gained an MSc in Drug Discovery Skills (KCL) and MRes in Cellular and Molecular Biosciences and is inContinue reading "Leadership & research integrity by Nadia Soliman"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qypGdA5nhFQ About the speaker Dr Matt Wall completed his PhD in Cambridge, then did post-doctoral positions at Royal Holloway and UCL before selling out and moving into the private sector. He currently works for Invicro, a global imaging company that provides research services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. His research interests have meandered aroundContinue reading "How reliable is fMRI, and does it actually matter? by Dr Matt Wall"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF0bKztTdFk About the speaker Russell A. Poldrack is the Albert Ray Lang Professor in the Department of Psychology and Professor (by courtesy) of Computer Science at Stanford University, and Director of the Stanford Center for Reproducible Neuroscience.  His research uses neuroimaging to understand the brain systems underlying decision making and executive function.  His lab is also engagedContinue reading "Reproducibility in neuroimaging: Problems and solutions by Prof Russell Poldrack"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhlF0B_IQJE About the speaker Olivia Guest is a computational cognitive modeller at RISE in Cyprus and University College London (UCL) in the UK. She emigrated to the UK to pursue a BSc in Computer Science at the University of York (2009), with an eye towards research at the intersection of AI and Psychology. She followedContinue reading "How computational modelling can force theory building in psychological science by Dr Olivia Guest"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfdtYwvd2e4 About the speaker Emily is a Stroke Association Kirby Laing Foundation Senior Non-Clinical Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. She is specialised in the validity of preclinical research. Her interests are in the use of meta-research approaches (research on research) to drive improvements in the validity, transparency and reproducibility of primary research using animalContinue reading "Why preclinical research should embrace Open Science by Dr Emily Sena"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7UYT-L2nsM About the speaker Liz Allen is Director of Strategic Initiatives at F1000Research. Prior to joining F1000Research in 2015, she spent over a decade leading the Evaluation Team at Wellcome.  Liz is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Policy Institute at King's College London, with a particular interest in science policy and research-related indicators.Continue reading "Beyond authorship: Introducing the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) by Dr Liz Allen"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhDKzEsPouI About the speaker Fiona has a degree in Psychology, with a second major in Sociology, and was awarded her PhD in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne in 2006. She is now a Professor at the University of Melbourne, based between the School of BioSciences and the School of HistoricalContinue reading "Collaborative Assessment for Trustworthy Science: the repliCATS project by Prof Fiona Fidler"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fAR_oro1NY About the speaker Daniel S. Quintana is a researcher in biological psychiatry at the University of Oslo. His research interests include social behaviour, the oxytocin system, heart rate variability, and meta-analysis. He currently leads a project investigating the role of the oxytocin system in the development of severe mental illness and metabolic disorder, whichContinue reading "Synthetic data: A primer by Dr Dan Quintana"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPY2-MI61ns About the speaker Dr Marion Criaud is a postdoctoral research associate in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry department at King’s College London. Her current work focuses on developing a new non-medical treatment for children with ADHD called fMRI NeuroFeedback. She has a keen interest in identifying best practice in fMRI and understanding the limitationsContinue reading "Pitfalls of functional MRI by Dr Marion Criaud"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agC-SG5-Qyk About the speaker Professor David Colquhoun is a pharmacologist notable for his insights into the biophysics of drug–receptor interactions of single ion channels. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1985, was awarded the Humboldt Prize in 1990 and made Honorary Fellow of UCL in 2004. Colquhoun joined the PharmacologyContinue reading "Why p-values can’t tell you what you need to know and what to do about it by Prof David Colquhoun"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8bU1CyEkRM About the speaker Florian Markowetz is a Senior Group Leader at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. He is a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holder and received a CRUK Future Leader in Cancer Research prize. He holds degrees in Mathematics (Dipl. math.) and Philosophy (M.A.) from the University of Heidelberg and aContinue reading "Five selfish reasons to work reproducibly by Dr Florian Markowetz"