DEC 13th 2017 My colleague Yuru Wang recently published a paper on the effects of self-control on the sense of agency and made here data openly accessible using Mendeley…… Read more “Sharing data using Mendeley Data”
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Utrecht University 2020 – Open Science
DEC 13th 2017 Tomorrow there will be a discussion of the (first draft of) the Open Science Plan for Utrecht University. The plan is geared to implement…… Read more “Utrecht University 2020 – Open Science”
Open Science Framework 101 Webinar
DEC 12th 2017 I’ve just ‘attended’ the 101 Open Science Framework webinar where Jennifer Freeman Smith from the CoS gave an excellent introduction to the Open Science…… Read more “Open Science Framework 101 Webinar”
Writing transparent papers using R Markdown
DEC 12th 2017 I’ve recently started writing my papers in R Markdown. R Markdown is a feature of R which allows you to integrate text and code.…… Read more “Writing transparent papers using R Markdown”
Solid Science module for research masters
DEC 12th 2017 Prof. Henk Aarts is working on a ‘solid science’ module for the research master Social, Health & Organizational Psychology. The module will focus on…… Read more “Solid Science module for research masters”
The importance of the altmetric: case of our review paper in ERSP
OCT 25th 2017 Ten days ago, our review paper was published in ERSP. Title: Visualising mental representations: A primer on noise-based reverse correlation in social psychology I’m really…… Read more “The importance of the altmetric: case of our review paper in ERSP”
Social Neuroscience Minor – More room for ‘good practice’
AUG 23th 2017 Today I had a chat with Peter Bos, coordinator of the Social Neuroscience Minor at Utrecht University. Part of the minor is a lecture…… Read more “Social Neuroscience Minor – More room for ‘good practice’”
The SOFT principle
AUG 22th 2017 The way I see it, academic research should be: Solid: reproducible, reliable, real Open: transparant and accessible Facilitated: no-one can do everything by themselves…… Read more “The SOFT principle”
Scrum 4 Science
AUG 22th 2017 Can academic research benefit from SCUM principles? I found this paper by Michael Hicks and Jefrey Foster, who are piloting this in their research…… Read more “Scrum 4 Science”
