BishopBlog

Ramblings on academic-related matters. For information on my research see https://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/research/oxford-study-of-children-s-communication-impairments. Twin analysis blog: http://dbtemp.blogspot.com/ . ERP time-frequency analysis blog: bishoptechbits.blogspot.com/ . For tweets, follow @deevybee.

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Science journal editors: a taxonomy

After many years of publishing papers, I have come to recognise wide diversity among journal editors. This variation has major consequences...

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Science and journalism: an uneasy alliance

“Fish oil helps schoolchildren to concentrate” shouted the headline in the Observer, “US academics discover high doses of omega-3 fish oi...

Friday, 10 September 2010

Genes for optimism, dyslexia and obesity and other mythical beasts

Copyright: www.CartoonStock.com I recently received an email from a company called mygeneprofile: “By discovering your child's in...

Saturday, 14 August 2010

Three ways to improve cognitive test scores without intervention

My research focuses on neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, specific language impairment and dyslexia, where more or less miraculo...

Friday, 6 August 2010

How our current reward structures have distorted and damaged science

copyright www.CartoonStock.com Two things almost everyone would agree with: 1. Good scientists do research and publish their results, wh...

Friday, 23 July 2010

The difference between p < .05 and a screening test

Here's a fairly standard science story. A researcher compares a group of 30 children with autism/dyslexia/depression/chilblains and a ...

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