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fraud, neuroscience
fraud, neuroscience
Study: Scientists Witness Plagiarism Often
Kerry Grens
| Nov 3, 2014
| 2 min read
A meta-analysis of surveys used to gauge plagiarism among scientists finds that nearly one-third of researchers have witnessed the problem.
MIT Lab Retracts Paper
Dan Cossins
| Feb 15, 2013
| 2 min read
A paper describing a new method for imaging synapse formation has been retracted after it emerged that the first author falsified data to prove its effectiveness.
Why Older People Get Scammed
Dan Cossins
| Dec 4, 2012
| 2 min read
Elderly people are worse at spotting untrustworthy faces, possibly due to decreased activity in the brain region associated with such perceptions.
Neuroscientist Falsifies Data?
Jef Akst
| Aug 9, 2012
| 2 min read
An investigation of a well-known Dutch brain researcher finds evidence that she misrepresented data in 15 papers, but she is refuting the findings.
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