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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Louie Ramos, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Should you believe the findings of ...
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Is absence of evidence of pain ever evidence of absence?

Absence of evidence arguments are indispensable to comparative neurobiology. The absence in a given species of a homologous neural architecture strongly correlated with a type of conscious experience ...
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish

(THE CONVERSATION) Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public’s trust in science, old arguments are resurfacing that can sow confusion. As a ...
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish

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