A multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of published results are replicated by new studies.

Research from MIT Sloan School of Management has demonstrated a new way of designing social science experiments that can ...

It’s been four years since The World Health Organization declared that “behavioral science is underutilized in public health, and ineffective behavior change techniques continue to be used.” A small ...

The workshop will explore recent developments in innovative analytical and statistical methods, focusing discussions on future needs and methodological frontiers that are expected to benefit more than ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is estimated to be experienced by roughly 1 in 127 people worldwide. It is characterized by atypical patterns in brain development, ...

Ask most conservationists to talk about their impact, and you’ll hear stories of forests protected, of species saved, or of new technologies making a difference. But if you take a step back from those ...

It is a bit difficult to say what criteria should be used to judge the success or failure of a research initiative on the scale of merging psychology and economics. Two reasonable criteria, at least ...

Why do so many AI projects flop? After years of hearing how AI will revolutionize business, recent studies have shown that companies are still consistently struggling to wring value from their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Results from a massive research project investigating whether previously reported scientific results can be replicated raises ...