Large Psychology Replication Studies Assess Thousands to Test Findings
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Updated · Nature.com · Jun 3
Large Psychology Replication Studies Assess Thousands to Test Findings
1 articles · Updated · Nature.com · Jun 3
Summary
Thousands of human and animal subjects are being enrolled in large replication projects aimed at checking whether influential psychology results hold up under repeated testing.
Those efforts target psychology’s reproducibility crisis, which has cast doubt on how reliably many published findings can be reproduced across labs, samples and methods.
The new wave of studies spans people and animals, extending beyond earlier one-off replications into coordinated, multi-site projects designed to produce stronger evidence.
Recent examples cited in the report include large collaborations such as ManyBabies, ManyDogs and ManyBirds, reflecting a broader push toward scale, transparency and cross-lab verification.