A Cultural History of the Vagus Nerve

Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Abstract From the Latin vagus, meaning wanderer or vagrant, the vagus nerve – also known as the vagal nerve – is the tenth cranial nerve. The vagus nerve is a […]

If peer review is broken, what can fix it? Some suggestions from the repliCATS project (Collaborative Assessments for Trustworthy Science)

Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Abstract In many scientific fields, post-publication surveys of the literature find that peer reviewers routinely overlook methodological flaws and statistical errors, avoid reporting suspected instances of fraud, and commonly reach […]

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