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  1. RoseE
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    How to assess if a research paper has used best-practice protocols?

    Hi A friend mentioned to me that they were considering using a new supplement* that others say has helped people with ME. She was confident that...
    Thread by: RoseE, Feb 15, 2020, 14 replies, in forum: ME/CFS research
  2. Cheshire
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    How Firm Are the Foundations of Mind-Set Theory? The Claims Appear Stronger Than the Evidence (2020) Macnamara et al.

    Mind-set refers to people’s beliefs about whether attributes are malleable (growth mind-set) or unchangeable ( fixed mind-set). Proponents of...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Feb 5, 2020, 5 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  3. Sly Saint
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    Article Psychology today 2019 - What is the scientific evidence for the direct harms of EMR?

    Several methodological problems in these sensitivity and provocation tests have been noted, which reduce the weight of their conclusions. These...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Dec 1, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  4. Cheshire
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    Unpublished data from Stanley Milgram’s experiments cast doubt on his claims about obedience

    An analysis of previously unpublished data raises serious questions about Stanley Milgram’s landmark obedience experiments. The findings, which...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Nov 18, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  5. Cheshire
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    What science looks like (2019) Editorial

    When we launched Nature Human Behaviour in 2017, we were committed to making the journal a champion of robust scientific practices, and this...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Jul 22, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  6. Cheshire
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    CORRESPONDENCE The PACE trial of treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome: a response to WILSHIRE et al (2019) Sharpe, Goldsmith & Chalder

    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is chronic disabling illness characterized by severe disabling fatigue, typically made worse by exertion. Myalgic...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Mar 15, 2019, 117 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  7. Cheshire
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    Do antidepressants work? Jacob Stegenga

    Some interresting considerations about trials methodology (CoI, selectivity in publishing trials with positive results, gap between patients...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Mar 6, 2019, 5 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  8. Cheshire
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    The SMILES trial: do undisclosed recruitment practices explain the remarkably large effect? (2018) Molendijk et al.

    Abstract The SMILES trial showed substantial improvement of depressive symptoms following seven consultations on healthy dieting. The very large...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Dec 29, 2018, 11 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  9. Cheshire
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    When a Placebo Is Not a Placebo: Problems and Solutions to the Gold Standard in Psychotherapy Research (2018) Blease et al.

    Randomized placebo-controlled trials are recognized as the gold-standard of evidence-based medicine but when it comes to psychotherapy research...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Nov 26, 2018, 16 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  10. MSEsperanza
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    Brian Hughes (2018): Psychology in Crisis

    Being too sick today to write the posts, hellos and welcome messages I would like to write, I instead asked the two nearest libraries to buy...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, Aug 29, 2018, 70 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  11. Cheshire
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    The Times: Nobel scientist’s researcher finds humiliating error

    There are, Einstein once observed, two ways a scientist can get things wrong. First, the Devil leads him by the nose with a false hypothesis. Or...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Dec 18, 2017, 12 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  12. Cheshire
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    Selling Bad Therapy to Trauma Victims

    by Jonathan Shedler Ph.D. Some very interesting remarks about psychotherapy RCTs (many relevant to CFS trials). But I worry some people would...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Dec 8, 2017, 10 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  13. Cheshire
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    Philosophical critique exposes flaws in medical evidence hierarchies

    Review by Tom Siegfried of a thesis by Christopher Blunt which analyzes evidence-based medicine’s evidence hierarchies. It’s not even clear that...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Nov 22, 2017, 1 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  14. Cheshire
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    Criticizing a Scientist’s Work Isn’t Bullying. It’s Science.

    When teaching research methods to first-year college students, I used to tell them that scientists try to prove themselves wrong. But last year, I...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Oct 24, 2017, 10 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
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