Open Science

What’s Next For Psychology’s Embattled Field of Social Priming

A promising field of research on social behavior struggled after investigators couldn’t repeat key findings. Now researchers are trying to establish what’s worth saving.

Nature

The Rise of Open Science in Psychology, A Preliminary Report

A crowdsourced dataset of OSF adoption rates by 1,987 faculty members from 69 psychology departments provides initial insight on the spread of open science.

Center for Open Science

A Solution to Psychology’s Reproducibility Problem Just Failed Its First Test

Efforts to improve the robustness of research by asking psychologists to state their methods and goals ahead of time, a process called preregistration, have stumbled at the first hurdle.

Science

Neuroscience Readies for a Showdown Over Consciousness Ideas

To make headway on the mystery of consciousness, some researchers are trying a rigorous new way to test competing theories.

Quanta Magazine

The Military Wants to Build a Bullshit Detector for Social Science Studies

Artificial intelligence could potentially help psychology move past its “replication crisis.”

Vox