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William Ngiam | 严祥全
@williamngiam.github.io

Researchers ought to operate at the level of theory and phenomena, rather than papers! A more fruitful replication would target the most precise measurement of the effect, over the original study design that discovered the effect (unless they are one and the same!). But.. (Context in quote below)

Berna Devezer@devezer.bsky.social

it is only fair that i share this post where i am accused of sharing misinformation. i stand behind my assessment. no information provided in this post changes my take. nowhere in my thread did i say anything about a video?? how very weird!! maybe best to read my research in long form.

rolfzwaan.substack.comA case of misinformation on academic BlueskyWhen the mood strikes, I like reading the comments under news articles.

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William Ngiam | 严祥全
@williamngiam.github.io

If one wants to replicate historic studies in modern contexts, go for it! It can be fun and interesting, but let's not presuppose it will be groundbreaking for the field. Exploring *how* the false memory effect holds up today gives shape to the phenomena (and has been done recently iirc).

William Ngiam | 严祥全
@williamngiam.github.io

I had the same opinion at the start of the EEGManyLabs CDA paper (which I am a minor author); the design went to replicate the original 2004 study and not implement now-gained understanding of how to measure the CDA (though it did implement different behavioural measures). Still kinda worth it!

sciencedirect.comContralateral delay activity as a marker of visual working memory capacity: A multi-site registered replicationThe contralateral delay activity (CDA) is a widely used electrophysiological marker of visual working memory (VWM), yet recent work has questioned whe…
William Ngiam | 严祥全
@williamngiam.github.io

And let's not call out peer commentary or critique as misinformation at the drop of a hat. I find that to be a rather serious accusation given the current climate. Behaviours spread through platforms - we can have genuine discussion and intellectual humility, over spats that are to do about little.