Christopher X J. Jensen
Associate Professor, Pratt Institute

Injury intuition confirmation bias? Farce article goes really viral

Posted 12 Jan 2016 / 0

Hurt Apple image by Nina Matthews courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Although of course I would never sanction such behavior, it appears that a farcical medical research article has gone virally awry. The article, Maternal kisses are not effective in alleviating minor childhood injuries (boo-boos): a randomized, controlled and blinded study, was published in late December. Read More

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