A Neuroscientist Explains: psychology's replication crisis – podcast

A Neuroscientist Explains Series

Daniel Glaser apprehensively revisits an article of his that saw some fallout due to a study he cited. But that study was not the only one involved in what is now being called a crisis for psychology and further afield

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A Neuroscientist Explains is back for its second season. In each episode, Dr Daniel Glaser and producer Max Sanderson revisit a column from Daniel’s hugely successful weekly column in the Observer Magazine and explore the neuroscience within it. One subject, one interview and many, many interesting questions.

For episode three, we revisit Daniel’s article The Psychology Behind a Nice Cup of Tea, which featured a scientific study that looked at whether warm hands can give us a warm heart. Following the column, Daniel received his fair share of criticism, including an article on the blog Research the Headlines written by University of Glasgow neuroscientist Dr Lisa DeBruine. Daniel got in touch with Lisa and she explained how this study is now part of a broader problem within psychology; the so-called replication crisis.

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