MPLS Special | Do we have a replication crisis in neuroscience?
Munich Psychiatry Lecture Series | MPLS
- Date: Dec 6, 2016
- Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Victor Spoormaker
- Project Group Leader | Dept. Translational Research in Psychiatry | MPI for Psychiatry
- Location: Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
- Room: Lecture Hall
- Host: Immanuel Elbau
- Contact: immanuel_elbau@psych.mpg.de
The reproducibility of neuroscientific research findings is so low that some researchers are talking about a replication crisis in neuroscience. The true extent of the problem is hard to estimate, but estimates from preclinical research in medicine to cognitive research in human subjects are dire. One of the best predictors of a failure to replicate: findings based on p-values just under 0.05.
In this lecture, Victor will address empirical evidence pointing towards a replication crisis in neuroscience, with a focus on some common statistical errors, such as an almost magical belief in a p-value of 0.05. This will chart the field for further events in this series and hopefully foster a methodological dialogue.