DARWINIAN OVULATION ⏱09:54
how women are more creative when ovulating, how to treat autism, and the error bar receives a rebuttal
episode #19, 29th October 2021 
#ovulation #Darwin #autism #therapy #balls image source
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our main brain stories this episode...
OVULATE TO CREATE
an online questionnaire study reported that women were more 'creative' - by a miniscule amount - when the researchers estimated that they were most fertile. the data are bad; the motivation worse. [read more...]
this story was in episode #19. original article: Galasinska & , Szymkow, 2021 (International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health), reported in: The Daily Mail by Ryan Morrison on 14th October 2021 #ovulation #creativity #Darwin #Qualtrics
rating: The Daily Mail:
AUTISM IS TREATABLE
a small intervention study in australia reports that 10 sessions of infant therapy can reduce the likelihood of developing autism by age three. in fact, all the statistics are weak and multiple uncorrected tests were done. ignore. [read more...]
this story was in episode #19. original article: Whitehouse et al., 2021 (JAMA Pediatrics), reported in: The Week on 2nd October 2021 #autism #treatment #therapy #cure
rating: The Week:
BALLS: A REBUTTAL
in episode #11, the error bar identified the worst brain imaging study ever published. comments placed on pubpeer.com have prompted the authors to rebut that claim. the error bar takes another look. [read more...]
this story was in episode #19. #penalty #choke #football #FNIRS #QRP