This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Right now, your brain is decoding these ...

What the use of P implies, therefore, is that a hypothesis that may be true may be rejected because it has not predicted observable results that have not occurred. ~ Harold Jeffreys Exactly! ~ J. K.

From within the dark confines of the skull, the brain builds its own version of reality. By weaving together expectations and information gleaned from the senses, the brain creates a story about the ...

Consumers of research should not be satisfied with statements that “X is effective”, or “Y has an effect”. Gwenae l Piaser Empirical science needs data. But all data are subject to random variation, ...