https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qnubIER_i4 About the talk There is an intense debate about quality of research, whereby some claim that most research findings are false, and others point towards the relatively high retraction rate of wrong articles by top journals. Is retraction a sign of poor science? How do we deal with scientific mistakes? Is the current scientificContinue reading "Errors in articles of erroneous articles by Prof Lex Burdorf"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJZ5nnkLicc About the speaker Dr Tim Rakow is a Reader in Psychology at King’s College London. He has over 20 years experience of supervising research and teaching research methods to psychology students. Tim uses a range of research strategies to examine human judgment and decision making. He has published over 50 research articles in moreContinue reading "Adversarial collaboration: (Open) Science at its best by Dr Tim Rakow"

To join the talk, follow this link. About the speaker Dr Hannah Hobson is a Lecturer in Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of York. She completed her DPhil at Oxford University in 2016, examining imitation abilities in children with autism or Developmental Language Disorder, and measures of brain systems argued to support imitation.Continue reading "How do we apply open science practices to neurodevelopmental research? by Dr Hannah Hobson"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY0jRhMDIW4 About the speaker Tori Egherman is a writer, editor and researcher in communication and storytelling. She helps organizations and individuals with their communication so that they can be more effective and engaging. She is experienced in science communication, grant writing, developing communication strategies, designing presentations, building strong communication teams and other communication-related activities. AboutContinue reading "Communicating on the efficacy of facemasks: What went wrong by Tori Egherman"

To join the talk, follow this link. About the speaker Michael C. Frank is David and Lucile Packard Professor of Human Biology at Stanford University and Director of the Symbolic Systems Program. He received his PhD from MIT in Brain and Cognitive Sciences in 2010. He studies language use and language learning, focusing especially onContinue reading "Moving towards a more cumulative science in developmental psychology by Dr Michael C. Frank"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2kdDEcl-oY About the speaker Dr Thibault studies how to increase the reliability and efficiency of scientific research. He is also interested in promoting evidence-based decision making and encouraging the public uptake of science. He completed a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at McGill University in 2019. His doctoral work focused on brain imaging, including neurofeedback, placebos,Continue reading "Registration: Shortcomings, deviations, solutions by Dr Robert Thibault"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRrdlqIBKjA About the speaker Professor Edzard Ernst is Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter, where he established the world’s first Chair in complementary medicine in 1993. He has previously been Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) at Hannover Medical School (Germany ) and Head of the PMR Department at the University of ViennaContinue reading "How to become a pseudoscientist by Prof Edzard Ernst"

To join the event, follow this link. About the talk In this talk, Daniel Quintana will share five things about open science that every researcher should know, including how open science practices can benefit both your career and scientific discovery. Daniel will also provide some practical tips on getting started with open science practices. AboutContinue reading "Five things about open science that every researcher should know by Dr Dan Quintana"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxRSpfmX2h0 About the speaker Dr Samuel Forbes is an Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology at Durham University (@samhforbes). Outside of his research, Dr Forbes is an experienced GitHub user and maintains several R packages, which can be seen on his own GitHub page. About the talk Version control can be an important skill for bothContinue reading "Version control for academics with GitHub by Dr Samuel Forbes"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1iQrsW904k About the speaker Visit @Neuro_Skeptic. About the talk Neuroskeptic will discuss the historical context of the reproducibility crises, drawing on his personal experience in blogging about limitations in neuroscience over the course of 13-years. Neuroskeptic also discusses what he sees as the next crises on the horizon, with a live Q&A to finish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvZO_Xy5SdM About the speaker Ian’s research interests centre on behaviours that have traditionally been difficult to understand, measure, predict and influence, including implicit bias and suicidal behaviour. He is interested in function of behavior and the context it occurs in context (Behaviorism), measurement validity, statistical modelling (often Bayesian), and all things R/tidyverse. He is aContinue reading "The best theory is a flawed one by Dr Ian Hussey"