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Data duplications flagged in highly cited gut-brain studies
The duplications are a product of “inadvertent errors,” the authors say.
Data duplications flagged in highly cited gut-brain studies
Lack of reviewers threatens robustness of neuroscience literature
Simple math suggests that small groups of scientists can significantly bias peer review.
Lack of reviewers threatens robustness of neuroscience literature
Largest leucovorin-autism trial retracted
A reanalysis of the data revealed errors and failed to replicate the results.
Largest leucovorin-autism trial retracted
NIH scraps policy that classified basic research in people as clinical trials
The policy aimed to increase the transparency of research in humans but created “a bureaucratic nightmare” for basic neuroscientists.
NIH scraps policy that classified basic research in people as clinical trials
Exclusive: Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications that trained neural networks on ‘bonkers’ dataset
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
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Single-gene systems-level effects, and more
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 6 April.
Single-gene systems-level effects, and more
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 6 April.