Cargando…
The same old New Look: Publication bias in a study of wishful seeing
A recent study reported evidence of “wishful seeing,” where observers reported seeing a desired object as being closer than other objects. A statistical analysis of the experimental findings reveals evidence of publication bias in the study, so the existence of wishful seeing remains unproven.
Autor principal: | |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Pion
2012
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485847/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23145278 http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/i0519ic |
_version_ | 1782248359668482048 |
---|---|
author | Francis, Gregory |
author_facet | Francis, Gregory |
author_sort | Francis, Gregory |
collection | PubMed |
description | A recent study reported evidence of “wishful seeing,” where observers reported seeing a desired object as being closer than other objects. A statistical analysis of the experimental findings reveals evidence of publication bias in the study, so the existence of wishful seeing remains unproven. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-3485847 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2012 |
publisher | Pion |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-34858472012-11-09 The same old New Look: Publication bias in a study of wishful seeing Francis, Gregory Iperception i-Comment A recent study reported evidence of “wishful seeing,” where observers reported seeing a desired object as being closer than other objects. A statistical analysis of the experimental findings reveals evidence of publication bias in the study, so the existence of wishful seeing remains unproven. Pion 2012-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3485847/ /pubmed/23145278 http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/i0519ic Text en Copyright © 2012 G Francis http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This open-access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Licence, which permits noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original author(s) and source are credited and no alterations are made. |
spellingShingle | i-Comment Francis, Gregory The same old New Look: Publication bias in a study of wishful seeing |
title | The same old New Look: Publication bias in a study of wishful seeing |
title_full | The same old New Look: Publication bias in a study of wishful seeing |
title_fullStr | The same old New Look: Publication bias in a study of wishful seeing |
title_full_unstemmed | The same old New Look: Publication bias in a study of wishful seeing |
title_short | The same old New Look: Publication bias in a study of wishful seeing |
title_sort | same old new look: publication bias in a study of wishful seeing |
topic | i-Comment |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485847/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23145278 http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/i0519ic |
work_keys_str_mv | AT francisgregory thesameoldnewlookpublicationbiasinastudyofwishfulseeing AT francisgregory sameoldnewlookpublicationbiasinastudyofwishfulseeing |