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Task swap prompts data do-over for autism auditory perception study

The investigators retracted their paper after other researchers pointed out the error; the original team plans to redo the experiment, according to one author.

By Shaena Montanari
22 August 2024 | 3 min read

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As AI-driven systems are integrated into all aspects of science, we need to make sure that they read and write to a shared data and knowledge space.

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