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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
The paradox of declining female happiness (pdf).
The cardiovascular toll of stress.
Neural correlates of paedophilia.
Ghost writing in the medical literature. "...because signs of their actual production are largely invisible--academic authors whose names appear at the tops of ghost-managed articles give corporate research a veneer of independence and credibility."
The way adults talk to babies is similar across cultures.
Is becoming a parent a risk factor for obsessive-compulsive disorder?
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Many of us misunderstand mirrors. How to Gain Eleven IQ Points in Ten Minutes: Thinking Aloud Improves Raven's Matrices Performance in Older Adults. Well-Being Is Related to Having Less Small...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: A profile of 50 women who developed an eating disorder at the age of 40 or older. Are you conducting research on emotion? Need some musical samples for evoking sadness, happiness, fear or peace?...
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Eye-catching studies that I didn't get a chance to report on in full: The personality profile of people who get bullied at work. Adults with autism are better than healthy controls at dividing their attention. The biological basis of the nocebo...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: Comparing how teenagers from across Europe cope with everyday stresses. Visual illusion reveals Karate athletes have enhanced eye movement control. The sad truth about depressive...
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The Pseudonymous ‘quant Bloggers’
While writing the previous post, this article in the October 2008 issue of the Journal of Medical Hypotheses caught my eye: Editorial Figureheads, ghost-writers and pseudonymous quant bloggers: The recent evolution of authorship in science publishing...
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