A combination of confirmation bias, hindsight bias, and pressure to publish may prompt the
(unconscious) exploration of various methodological options and reporting only the ones …

The challenge hypothesis makes specific predictions about the association between
testosterone and status-seeking behaviors, but the findings linking testosterone to these …

The preregistration of research protocols and analysis plans is a main reform innovation to
counteract confirmation bias in the social and behavioural sciences. While theoretical …

Preregistration has been lauded as one of the solutions to the so-called 'crisis of
confidence'in the social sciences and has therefore gained popularity in recent years …

Efforts to promote open-science practices are, to a large extent, driven by a need to reduce
questionable research practices (QRPs). There is ample evidence that QRPs are corrosive …

A growing interest in understanding complex and dynamic psychological processes as they
occur in everyday life has led to an increase in studies using ambulatory assessment …

A common challenge in developmental research is the amount of incomplete and missing
data that occurs from respondents failing to complete tasks or questionnaires, as well as …

The search for genetic risk factors underlying the presumed heritability of all human
behavior has unfolded in two phases. The first phase, characterized by candidate-gene …

Humans have long suspected that stories can help us better understand others, and, indeed,
lifelong exposure to narrative fiction does predict better social cognition. Several …

“Dr Charlotte R. Pennington has pulled off a remarkable trifecta of being clear, concise, and
comprehensive in covering the origins of the open science movement and practical advice …