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Jamie Hale's Knowledge Summit: Thoughts from a Practical Scientist
Thursday, November 15, 2012
The Ultimate Goal of Science
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The ultimate goal of science is explaining cause and effect relationships. Only true experiments allow us to determine cause and effect rel...
Friday, October 19, 2012
Who's Rational?
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More evidence that we need to promote and teach Rational thinking. As Stanovich and others have pointed out there is a distinciton betwee...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The Neuroscience of Expectations
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It is important to recognize that different expectations lead to different activations in the brain. From a neuroscientific perspective...
Friday, July 20, 2012
Dr. Gottlob from the NSF
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Big thanks to Dr. Gottlob for taking time out of his busy schedule to talk with Knowledge Summit What is the general process for conside...
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Conscious & Unconscious Placebo / Nocebo Effects
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The placebo and nocebo effect is believed to be mediated by both cognitive ( expectations) and conditioning mechanisms. Little is known abo...
Thursday, April 26, 2012
What are placebos?
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Originally, placebos were thought of as inert pills or medications that were presented by physicians in the medical context or by researcher...
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Investigating Placebo Effects 2- Sham Knee Surgery
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Mosley et al. (2002) conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of arthroscopy for osteoarthritis of the knee...
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