Psychological distance and abstraction both represent key variables of considerable interest
to researchers across cognitive, social, and developmental psychology. Moreover, largely …

Transparency, openness, and reproducibility are readily recognized as vital features of science
( 1 , 2 ). When asked, most scientists embrace these features as disciplinary norms and …

… As noted in the medical records, testing for hepatitis C virus had been performed on 70 of
our subjects, and 37 were positive. Of the 25 subjects with NAFLD who were tested, all were …

Background: In women with a family history of breast cancer, bilateral prophylactic mastectomy
is associated with a decreased risk of subsequent breast cancer of approximately 90%. …

10.7554/eLife.16800.001 Open access, open data, open source and other open scholarship
practices are growing in popularity and necessity. However, widespread adoption of these …

Replicability is an important feature of scientific research, but aspects of contemporary
research culture, such as an emphasis on novelty, can make replicability seem less important …

Preprints increase accessibility and can speed scholarly communication if researchers view
them as credible enough to read and use. Preprint services do not provide the heuristic cues …

The neuropeptide Y (NPY) family of peptides includes also the gut endocrine peptide YY (PYY),
tetrapod pancreatic polypeptide (PP), and fish pancreatic peptide-tyrosine (PY). All …

This paper contains a general discussion of the fundamentals on which working stresses in
machine parts should be based. The terms “failure” and “factor of safety” are also discussed. …

In registered reports (RRs), initial peer review and in-principle acceptance occur before
knowing the research outcomes. This combats publication bias and distinguishes planned from …