It's True, but Still Harmful: Examining the Effects of Overgeneralized Health Messages by Social Media Influencers Using Two Pre-Registered Experiments.
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DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2025.2566712
Abstract: Social media influencers (SMIs) increasingly serve as role models for young people, shaping their health-related attitudes and behavioral intentions. In two pre-registered online experiments with Gen Z participants (total N = 1,548; age 16–27), we investigated how… read more here.
Keywords: pre registered; social media; media influencers; health ... See more keywords
The positive–negative mode link between brain connectivity, demographics and behaviour: a pre-registered replication of Smith et al. (2015)
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201090
Abstract: In mental health research, it has proven difficult to find measures of brain function that provide reliable indicators of mental health and well-being, including susceptibility to mental health disorders. Recently, a family of data-driven analyses… read more here.
Keywords: connectivity; replication; positive negative; registered replication ... See more keywords
Difficulty-skill balance does not affect engagement and enjoyment: a pre-registered study using artificial intelligence-controlled difficulty
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220274
Abstract: How does the difficulty of a task affect people's enjoyment and engagement? Intrinsic motivation and flow theories posit a ‘goldilocks’ optimum where task difficulty matches performer skill, yet current work is confounded by questionable measurement… read more here.
Keywords: intelligence controlled; artificial intelligence; pre registered; difficulty skill ... See more keywords
The neural determinants of age-related changes in fluid intelligence: a pre-registered, longitudinal analysis in UK Biobank
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DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14241.2
Abstract: Background: Fluid intelligence declines with advancing age, starting in early adulthood. Within-subject declines in fluid intelligence are highly correlated with contemporaneous declines in the ability to live and function independently. To support healthy aging, the… read more here.
Keywords: intelligence; age; matter; analysis ... See more keywords
Registration quality and availability of publications for clinical trials in Germany and the influence of structural factors
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267883
Abstract: Introduction Analyses of clinical trial registries (CTRs) offer insights into methodological problems of published research studies, e.g., non-publication and outcome-switching. Here, we use CTRs as a tool to evaluate clinical studies conducted in Germany and… read more here.
Keywords: structural factors; quality; clinical trials; registration quality ... See more keywords
Are You What You Read? Predicting Implicit Attitudes to Immigration Based on Linguistic Distributional Cues From Newspaper Readership; A Pre-registered Study
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00842
Abstract: The implicit association test (IAT) measures bias towards often controversial topics (e.g., race, religion), while newspapers typically take strong positive/negative stances on such issues. In a pre-registered study, we developed and administered an immigration IAT… read more here.
Keywords: linguistic distributional; immigration; daily mail; pre registered ... See more keywords