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Beware ‘persuasive communication devices’ when writing and reading scientific articles

Authors rely on a range of devices and techniques to attract and maintain the interest of readers, and to convince them of the merits of the author’s point of view. However, when writing a scientific article, authors must use these ‘persuasive communication devices’ carefully. In particular, they mu...

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Autores principales: Corneille, Olivier, Havemann, Jo, Henderson, Emma L, IJzerman, Hans, Hussey, Ian, Orban de Xivry, Jean-Jacques, Jussim, Lee, Holmes, Nicholas P, Pilacinski, Artur, Beffara, Brice, Carroll, Harriet, Outa, Nicholas Otieno, Lush, Peter, Lotter, Leon D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10212555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37227768
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.88654
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author Corneille, Olivier
Havemann, Jo
Henderson, Emma L
IJzerman, Hans
Hussey, Ian
Orban de Xivry, Jean-Jacques
Jussim, Lee
Holmes, Nicholas P
Pilacinski, Artur
Beffara, Brice
Carroll, Harriet
Outa, Nicholas Otieno
Lush, Peter
Lotter, Leon D
author_facet Corneille, Olivier
Havemann, Jo
Henderson, Emma L
IJzerman, Hans
Hussey, Ian
Orban de Xivry, Jean-Jacques
Jussim, Lee
Holmes, Nicholas P
Pilacinski, Artur
Beffara, Brice
Carroll, Harriet
Outa, Nicholas Otieno
Lush, Peter
Lotter, Leon D
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description Authors rely on a range of devices and techniques to attract and maintain the interest of readers, and to convince them of the merits of the author’s point of view. However, when writing a scientific article, authors must use these ‘persuasive communication devices’ carefully. In particular, they must be explicit about the limitations of their work, avoid obfuscation, and resist the temptation to oversell their results. Here we discuss a list of persuasive communication devices and we encourage authors, as well as reviewers and editors, to think carefully about their use.
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spelling pubmed-102125552023-05-26 Beware ‘persuasive communication devices’ when writing and reading scientific articles Corneille, Olivier Havemann, Jo Henderson, Emma L IJzerman, Hans Hussey, Ian Orban de Xivry, Jean-Jacques Jussim, Lee Holmes, Nicholas P Pilacinski, Artur Beffara, Brice Carroll, Harriet Outa, Nicholas Otieno Lush, Peter Lotter, Leon D eLife Neuroscience Authors rely on a range of devices and techniques to attract and maintain the interest of readers, and to convince them of the merits of the author’s point of view. However, when writing a scientific article, authors must use these ‘persuasive communication devices’ carefully. In particular, they must be explicit about the limitations of their work, avoid obfuscation, and resist the temptation to oversell their results. Here we discuss a list of persuasive communication devices and we encourage authors, as well as reviewers and editors, to think carefully about their use. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2023-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10212555/ /pubmed/37227768 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.88654 Text en © 2023, Corneille et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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Corneille, Olivier
Havemann, Jo
Henderson, Emma L
IJzerman, Hans
Hussey, Ian
Orban de Xivry, Jean-Jacques
Jussim, Lee
Holmes, Nicholas P
Pilacinski, Artur
Beffara, Brice
Carroll, Harriet
Outa, Nicholas Otieno
Lush, Peter
Lotter, Leon D
Beware ‘persuasive communication devices’ when writing and reading scientific articles
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title_short Beware ‘persuasive communication devices’ when writing and reading scientific articles
title_sort beware ‘persuasive communication devices’ when writing and reading scientific articles
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10212555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37227768
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.88654
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