Is there a Publication Bias in Behavioural Intranasal Oxytocin Research on Humans? Opening the File Drawer of One Laboratory

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Lane, A ^a,b   Luminet, O ^a,b   Nave, G ^c   Mikolajczak, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

File drawer; Intranasal oxytocin; Laboratory report

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; OXYTOCIN; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 84963740265     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12384     Document Type: Article

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