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Sounds of Unsound ‘P’! Tuning the Data or Striking the Wrong Note?…

August 11, 2019August 11, 2019

Knocking off sleep – a complicated relationship between sleep and concussion

June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Feeding an extra portion too much

May 12, 2019May 12, 2019

Sleep-flying is a thing!

April 14, 2019April 16, 2019

The ‘Capacity’ Paradox – part 2

March 18, 2019May 12, 2019

The ‘Capacity’ Paradox

March 11, 2019May 12, 2019

What is social media doing to us?

February 17, 2019

How can some lucky ones sleep like a log around a bulldozer?

February 10, 2019April 15, 2019

‘Pain-Drug-Pain Repeat’ – The Catch-22 of Addiction

February 3, 2019April 15, 2019

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#SundayBlogIsOut!! For long, many scientists’ careers have been built upon the pursuit of a single statistical value of p<.05. In many disciplines, that’s the cut off beyond which results can be declared “statistically significant,” i.e., the results obtained were not by fluke. Though this isn’t what it actually means in practice. In this article, at #TheSerendipityBrain we try to highlight the hypothesis myopia suffered by researchers and analysts, in the pursuit of gathering shreds of evidence in support of a theory while ignoring explanations against it or its rationale. In the end, does statistical significance is equivalent to clinically meaningful data? Or it is an outcome of torturing the data enough so that the data will confess at some point? #hypothesismyopia #pvalue #statistics #probability #data #significance #dichotomania #cognitivebiases #SciCom @meghna.chakrabarti @rituchakra https://theserendipitybrain.com/2019/08/11/sounds-of-unsound-p-tuning-the-data-or-striking-the-wrong-note/
Relevant paper for most of us! #KillPseudoScience #TimeforRebuttall In this paper the authors discuss 6 experiments to access how to mitigate the influence of a science denier on the audience. We are living in an age where it is becoming even more potent to advocates for science and thus there is a need for effective rebuttal strategies to settle down some of the popularized debates. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0632-4
#OurBlogIsOut! #Mythbuster #SciComm This time at @theserendipitybrain we discuss the longstanding fear that one wouldn’t wake up if they slept following a concussion. Is it really true or just another misunderstanding? To know more read Knocking off sleep-a complicated relationship between sleep and concussion. This blog is an collaboration between our trio @ipsawonders , @doublechins_chubbycheeks , and @rituchakra #Brain, #Brainfunction, #Concussion, #Neuroscience, #SciCom, #sleep https://theserendipitybrain.com/2019/06/12/knocking-off-sleep-a-complicated-relationship-between-sleep-and-concussion/
#SundayBlog is out at @theserendipitybrain This time we are discussing the impact of #obesity as under-nourishment is receding and developing countries are moving up the economic ladder. Obesity is a global burden and gives rise to several diseases. The rate at which we are proceeding halting the tide of obesity by 2025 may remain challenging unless and until the feeding behavior for children is addressed. The author digs deeper into how the problem gets initiated early in life, by looking at the world through his lens of numbers. #BMI #lifestyle #Malnutrition #MaternalEducation #NCDRisC #obesity #UrbanVsRural #SciComm #science #scienceoutreach #PowerofStats #Overfeeding #WHO #UNICEF Read at https://theserendipitybrain.com/2019/05/12/feeding-an-extra-portion-too-much/

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