December 2020 Links

AI Cancer treatment (from 2018): https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-went-wrong-with-ibm-s-watson?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Journal Article Reporting Standards: https://apastyle.apa.org/jars

Center for open science TOP (transparency and openness promotion) guidelines: https://www.cos.io/about/news/apa-joins-as-new-signatory-to-top-guidelines

Efforts to enforce reporting of clinical trials are failing: https://sci-hub.st/10.1126/science.367.6475.240

On meta analysis - a quick introduction (3 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i675gZNe3MY

Biostatistics and vaccines: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/941030?src=mkm_covid_update_201116_MSCPEDIT&uac=315526ER&impID=2679610&faf=1

Covid and mental health:  https://medium.com/beingwell/debunking-1-in-5-covid-19-patients-develop-mental-illness-63ef1a3c7abb

The world’s largest multidisciplinary survey on research integrity is in danger of falling short of its goals after two-thirds of invited institutions declined to collaborate, citing the sensitivity of the subject and fearing negative publicity. That left researchers leading the Dutch National Survey on Research Integrity on their own to scrape many email addresses and solicit responses. The survey will close on 7 December, but the team has gathered responses from less than 15% of 40,000 targeted participants - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/largest-ever-research-integrity-survey-flounders-universities-refuse-cooperate?fbclid=IwAR386hsUxOD5nzM9zvIA2AZThN4lT71LaGkGkiYgDXyikv-6m0Q4_4o1KzE

 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/absolutely-remarkable-no-one-who-got-modernas-vaccine-trial-developed-severe-covid-19?utm_medium=10today.media.20201130.436.1&utm_source=email&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=10-for-today---4.0-styling

Just for fun. How to get smarter every day: https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/how-to-get-smarter-every-day-according-to-neuroscience.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Another Coyne article:  https://medium.com/beingwell/powerful-placebo-in-a-psilocybin-for-depression-study-daa1c80c8730

https://medium.com/beingwell/psilocybin-as-an-antidepressant-for-cancer-patients-who-are-not-depressed-ca5a5f9d8d06

Inverted Game Controllers?: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/dec/02/scientists-studying-why-gamers-invert-their-controls?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Turning away from brain scans? : https://apnews.com/article/why-some-scientists-turn-away-brain-scan-b778a88a0b7c781e75e2f8c7c49e9421?fbclid=IwAR2WWov8FIPd_JiyxfKCkqryjGmWucxvAF85pOopqTRflEeT2s0KmnQpHms

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation from Radio Shack: https://www.radioshack.com/products/liftid-neurostimulation?_pos=1&_sid=5e43dd8dc&_ss=r&fbclid=IwAR1iaHIlh7y1JCOUFRPPYbwlUdUxF3SWfQL6dzWE3bTeRErwzKgdCzeJf2w

Review article on tDCS (paywall, but references are included):  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-019-0499-9

November 2020

 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/10/what-does-cerebellum-really-do/616689/?utm_term=2020-10-11T12%3A00%3A14&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&fbclid=IwAR1MuzqyOj78T-Kgl4mOWz7Zxv77kF8niBp82U7xbdqS1fsjXJn_9pOPNr8

The Science behind facemasks: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02801-8?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Sleep quality, duration and consistency are associated with  academic performance:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41539-019-0055-z

On becoming fat - even if you are a marmoset: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-obesity-era?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Placebos: https://medium.com/beingwell/placebos-can-fool-your-mind-but-not-your-body-75c8a66790f7

October 2020

 October 2020

A piece from 538.com an why it is so difficult to come up with good interventions for COVID 19 - https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-coming-up-with-effective-interventions-to-address-covid-19-is-so-hard/


More COVID 19 but this one is on the misuse of data: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/937411?src=mkm_covid_update_200916_mscpedit_&uac=315526ER&impID=2568473&faf=1

Convicted of p-hacking: https://daniellakens.blogspot.com/2020/09/p-hacking-and-optional-stopping-have.html?fbclid=IwAR0WK8KHHiDuRE_qEuHJziPJabfCI4It44JgTIiVDvmTEVmvb9qNzTz4CSc

Why is photographic evidence so compelling? - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misinformation-desk/202009/photographic-evidence-it-s-easy-believe?fbclid=IwAR2p89atjbAtcloiO9LabSvVuFcjyMnXY85fv378Dr_jcoVq_7moxJBQoqg


Don't be fooled by misleading graphs:  https://getpocket.com/explore/item/3-questions-to-ask-yourself-next-time-you-see-a-graph-chart-or-map?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Distorted y axis (good example of a misleading graphic):  https://www.boredpanda.com/average-women-height-data-chart-latvian-indian-women/?fbclid=IwAR07Zo0b4kNIMPmcL93hfCwAcAPyge9zciDTLGXLRYowlUpr6KJgHLdbhfg&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

 The overlooked variable driving the pandemic: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/k-overlooked-variable-driving-pandemic/616548/?fbclid=IwAR3dK7EUTBLISntEvQLJ2Y5NRgLlhg93AoQ9ThDa7c2-hQ5DMre9XAwcVYs


On Memory - Forgetting is an active process: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/to-remember-the-brain-must-actively-forget?utm_source=pocket-newtab

More memory research: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/our-brain-is-better-at-remembering-where-to-find-brownies-than-cherry-tomatoes/?fbclid=IwAR2ZVcp-fhFVN0oZV7VMH5pty5n4ThgmeP6GgganMaWVLGyyecBLXpp0OV8

https://retractionwatch.com/2020/10/09/heard-about-the-study-claiming-men-who-carry-guitar-cases-are-more-attractive-its-been-retracted/?fbclid=IwAR1w2Cfo1_xL9pGFatJWKDXRASktO4AJvDEfj4-gmE6l5fHtdzc3rDJCvcc

TedMed talk on bringing AI to the bedside: https://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=771271

 Margin of Error in Polling: https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/m/Margin_of_error.htm

Article on methods of political polling:   https://www.aapor.org/Education-Resources/Election-Polling-Resources/Sampling-Methods-for-Political-Polling.aspx

September 2020 Links

Talking to patients about masks:  https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/time-mask-5-keys-effective-exam-room-talk-patients?utm_source=fbpage&utm_medium=social_ama&utm_term=3587358422&utm_campaign=Public+Health

Identifying disease by odor - https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-new-way-to-detect-parkinson-s-by-smell?utm_source=fbsynd&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0de4ek0WMSrI4waMbCwjOYIYZD-JQyIXpYwnqSaCnaMMG16Lkuo-fFOUw

AI in Healthcare Specialization - https://www.coursera.org/specializations/ai-healthcare?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2609&sfmc_id=13931451&sfmc_key=0031U00001QfB6AQAV

Prosopagnosia - The artist in search of her face: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53192821

COVID:Where Science Goes to Die (Medlife Crisis take on why there is so much bad science relating to COVID 19) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7leWXMr3ayk

Old but fun article debunking some common “Neuromyths” :https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/uncovering-brainscams/

Amazon Halo - new fitness tracker that also tracks mood: https://www.engadget.com/amazon-halo-fitness-platform-134146361.html

Sensational journalism - No safe level of coffee for pregnant women: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/aug/24/no-safe-level-coffee-drinking-pregnant-women-study-says?CMP=share_btn_tw

The actual study: http://press.psprings.co.uk/ebm/august/ebm111432.pdf

Science credibility - The effect of ad hominem attacks on the evaluation of claims promoted by scientists - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/articid=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0192025&fbclid=IwAR1qGSKC2LW-wzv8f_V0kGDBXi6OYr7ksciC5YUgFb541_F_Sa4GI3v6GV0

What studies should be replicated: https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/2gurz/

How COVUD invades the body:  https://elemental.medium.com/a-supercomputer-analyzed-covid-19-and-an-interesting-new-theory-has-emerged-31cb8eba9d63 (Contains link to original article.)

Good link on various forms of validity:  http://changingminds.org/explanations/research/design/types_validity.htm

Read Carefully (Parental behavior, epigenesis and more): https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/36/eabb9116

Drug discovery and distribution:  https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/08/31/cold-chain-and-colder-chain-distribution?fbclid=IwAR0KcF8u_cbBTXgphBBx4Wfmvt41IVQJl3108YBvpiigrLyBDRroaZkpacQ

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-godfather-of-sexist-pseudoscience?utm_source=pocket-newtab

What a p value is - and isn’t - https://surfdrive.surf.nl/files/index.php/s/gi8KrNL7vjTzOmB

Neck gaiters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXTG0a53MzU

Profile of John Arnold, who has financed much of the work of the open science initiative and other similar undertakings -The war on bad science: https://www.wired.com/2017/01/john-arnold-waging-war-on-bad-science/?fbclid=IwAR0LpTOIdLzAjeKPl7alp7ltcpXP8RWM3CxM61AI2R-MVDgHBUI3bBpXaBo

August 2020 links

 One study retracted and one new one published: https://www.psypost.org/2020/07/study-lower-cognitive-ability-linked-to-non-compliance-with-social-distancing-guidelines-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak-57293

Hans Eysenckhttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/misconduct-allegations-push-psychology-hero-his-pedestal?fbclid=IwAR2TlXsmNiYrwx63-43Eh1_P_9dXhAyGYeK7WwTDC5_wzyFwU4D1uln9Hbo

Police killings and peer review: https://www.wired.com/story/tech-firms-hire-red-teams-scientists-should-too/?fbclid=IwAR0ZpRs5sq9Oaxj331o_8iWzYV1MJQTiIZUqgV4CfsIq52ig45uuJw4MI-I

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/medbikini-bikini-selfies-protest_n_5f1b4957c5b6128e6825c5f2?fbclid=IwAR13DJY7p3RMVrEjkYCN7V2zTPK_kUmmm69Mqt3pvnG2swKaFaJNsvlRkuo

On fraud in science: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02147-1?utm_source=Nature%20Briefing&utm_campaign=a0e80cbbed-briefing-dy-20200724&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-a0e80cbbed-45353842&fbclid=IwAR0iUCXXjjv4yBCelY04KYJ5bGbBfhHJOwcAZF7JhKAavYcbYKQ-w1d2hbA

ECT, call for immediate suspension of use:  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/934536?nlid=136604_424&src=WNL_mdplsfeat_200728_mscpedit_psyc&uac=315526ER&spon=12&impID=2480863&faf=1#vp_1

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/health/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-detroit-study/index.htmlhttps://medium.com/@dfrederi/did-you-gain-the-covid-15-aae4f3622bf5

https://medium.com/@dfrederi/did-you-gain-the-covid-15-aae4f3622bf5

Google Earth for the brain (link to original article doesn't work) - https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/a-google-earth-for-the-brain-has-been-published-338132?fbclid=IwAR0OWQwQATxxvYaITW_Ckm5EH16ax6CdCyFLPD8E7WjwCMwGmEQ0eBGceq0