Assume a can opener

Behav Brain Sci. 2024 Feb 5:47:e36. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X2300239X.

Abstract

We propose a friendly amendment to integrative experiment design (IED), adversarial-collaboration IED, that incentivizes research teams from competing theoretical perspectives to identify zones of the design space where they possess an explanatory edge. This amendment is especially critical in debates that have high policy stakes and carry a strong normative-political charge that might otherwise prevent free exchange of ideas.

MeSH terms

  • Research Design*