- Contrary to previous claims, only 14% +/- 1% of all published research findings are false. http://biostatistics.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/09/24/biostatistics.kxt007 8 comments science
- New Research from University of York Says That Contrary to Popular Belief, Violent Video Games Do Not Make Players More Aggressive http://thriveworks.com/blog/violent-video-games-not-make-players-aggressive/ 9 comments science
- A new study suggests that, contrary to previous research, the hot hand/playing "in the zone" does exist (slightly) http://online.wsj.com/articles/sb10001424052702304071004579409071015745370?mg=reno64-wsj 13 comments nba
- Researchers conclude that elite philanthropy has failed significantly to benefit poor countries in the developing world, contrary to popular belief. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uob-epd031021.php 16 comments science
- Contrary to previous research, a new study of 1,700+ people shows that those who are married are no happier than those who stay single or are in and out of relationships https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/single-people-are-just-as-happy-as-married-people-study-says 95 comments science
- Contrary to previous studies, Harvard research shows marijuana use associated with increased sperm count and higher testosterone. https://www.inverse.com/article/53055-marijuana-increased-sperm-count-in-harvard-study 1300 comments science
- Contrary To Common Belief, New Research Suggests That Psilocybin And Other Serotonergic Psychedelics Cause Neurogenesis (Braincell Growth) In The Hippocampus http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23727882 8 comments science
- Contrary to public perception, research shows that the most likely physical abuser of a young child will be that child's mother, not a male in the household. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=13996 47 comments reddit.com
- Citizenship Status and Mortality Among Young Latino Adults in the U.S., 1998‒2015: New research shows that "Contrary to the long-held notion of the healthy migrant," it appears that "young Latino immigrants, especially noncitizens, are at increased risk of death than their U.S.-born counterparts." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379721006048 2 comments science
- Contrary to widely held gender stereotypes, women are not more emotional than men. Study finds that the justifications for excluding women from research participation in part due to the assumption that ovarian hormone fluctuations lead to variation, especially in emotion, was misguided. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/932596 2063 comments science
- Women suffered greater adverse employment effects than male counterparts during the COVID-19 recession across various industries and occupations, contrary to recessions of the past, according to new research that suggests the pandemic may have reversed decades of progress made toward gender equality https://academictimes.com/the-pandemic-recession-was-worse-for-women-than-men-remote-work-might-not-be-the-solution/ 10 comments science
- Contrary to past research, meta-analytic effects fail to provide evidence that bilingual children have cognitive advantages compared to monolingual children. Mixed evidence with biased reporting calls for improved research in the future. https://www.behaviorist.biz/oh-behave-a-blog/bilinguial-children-intelligence 3 comments science
- Study finds money does influence happiness and, contrary to previous research on the subject suggesting that this plateaus above $75,000, there was no dollar value at which it stopped mattering to an individual’s well-being. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/money-matters-to-happiness-perhaps-more-than-previously-thought 6 comments science
- In a study that looked at suicide deaths during 2020’s first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that, contrary to general predictions of suicides skyrocketing, suicides in the overall population actually dropped, relative to previous years. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/covid-19-story-tip-racial-divide-maryland-suicides-during-the-pandemic-halved-in-whites-doubled-in-blacks 89 comments science
- New research shows men over 50 who undergo a vasectomy reversal had the same rate of pregnancy with their partners as their younger counterparts. Contrary to what one might expect, the man’s age was not a factor https://news.keckmedicine.org/men-over-50-have-same-success-with-vasectomy-reversal-outcomes-as-younger-men/ 55 comments science
- Contrary to what the movies would have you believe, romantic relationships invariably involve conflict. It may seem like arguing with your partner signals the end of a relationship but new research findings suggest it could help couples bond better https://aqwebs.com/mediation-improves-couple-satisfaction-following-argument/ 216 comments science
- Contrary to what the movies would have you believe, romantic relationships invariably involve conflict. It may seem like arguing with your partner signals the end of a relationship but new research findings suggest it could help couples bond better https://aqwebs.com/mediation-improves-couple-satisfaction-following-an-argument/ 10 comments science
- Five Years After Abortion, Nearly All Women Say It Was the Right Decision. Research found no evidence that women began to regret their decisions as years passed. On the contrary, the women reported that both their positive and negative feelings about the abortion diminished over time. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/01/416421/five-years-after-abortion-nearly-all-women-say-it-was-right-decision-study 2771 comments science
- How Empathic Concern Fuels Political Polarization. Contrary to popular opinion, more "empathy" in social issues results in more political polarization, not less, find researchers from the University of Houston https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/how-empathic-concern-fuels-political-polarization/8115db5bde548ff6ab04da661f83785e# 4 comments science
- Contrary to popular belief, cartilage in human joints can repair itself through a process similar to that used by creatures such as salamanders and zebrafish to regenerate limbs, researchers at Duke Health found. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/10/eaax3203 48 comments science
- Orthopedic specialist and a team of engineers report that ground impact (which most footwear researchers study) maybe less relevant than the forces from muscles contracting - they find sometimes lower ground reaction forces actually lead to greater tibial loading (contrary to conventional wisdom) https://zenodo.org/record/2394032 7 comments science
- Cigarette smokers who spent more time with people who used electronic cigarettes were more likely to report past quit attempts and high current motivation to quit, finds new research (n = 12,787), contrary to concerns that e-cigarettes may undermine motivation to quit by renormalising smoking. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-018-1195-3 4 comments science
- Contrary to popular belief across college campuses, ADHD medications may fail to improve cognition in healthy students and can impair functioning. Research has estimated that 5 to 35 percent of college students in the U.S and EU countries without ADHD illegally use these controlled substances https://today.uri.edu/news/study-adhd-drugs-do-not-improve-cognition-in-healthy-college-students/ 29 comments science
- Researchers compared 50 celebrities from People's 1990 World's Most Beautiful (WMB) list with 135 celebrities from the 2017 WMB list. Contrary to their hypothesis, at present, a wider variety of skin colors and inclusion of older age groups are represented among those deemed to be the most beautiful https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/how-beauty-standard-has-changed-1990-how-it-hasn-t-ncna809766 7 comments science
- Contrary to common belief, new research finds no evidence for a link between conspiracist thinking and a tendency to reject randomness, or to perceive order and meaning in noise. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/coincidence-or-conspiracy-studies-investigate-conspiracist-thinking.html 3 comments science
- Climate scientists now expect California to experience more rain in the coming decades, contrary to the predictions of previous climate models. Researchers analyzed 38 new climate models and projected that California will get on average 12% more precipitation through 2100. https://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/42794 1493 comments science
- Contrary to the common stereotype, new research finds women are not more emotionally expressive than men across all emotions. The gender pattern is more complex: women expressed more positive emotions, and expression of some negative emotions was more common among men. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/05/18/do-women-really-show-their-emotions-more-than-men/#more-23968 189 comments science
- Contrary to a prevailing theory, coral larvae could not survive the 3,100-mile (5,000-km) trip across the Pacific Ocean to replenish endangered corals in the eastern Pacific, according to new research. http://www.futurity.org/coral-larvae-pacific-ocean-1231932-2/ 3 comments science
- Contrary to expectations, interdisciplinary scientific research is less successful in funding applications than proposals with a narrower focus, according to a report published in Nature http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v534/n7609/full/nature18315.html 3 comments science
- We tend to think that simply giving people money makes them lazy. Yet a wealth of scientific research shows the contrary: free money helps lift people out of poverty. What’s more, eradicating poverty is an investment that more than pays for itself. http://www.techinsider.io/how-free-money-lifts-people-out-of-poverty-2016-4 10 comments science
- New research finds that, contrary to previous research, most people may not be resilient to major life stressors. According to the new research, the percentage of those resilient to major stressors may be as low as 48%, compared to the 81% found previously. http://www.psypost.org/2016/03/natural-resilience-major-life-stressors-not-common-thought-41755 22 comments science
- Computer-based games can have a beneficial effect on learning, according to new research. The brain-imaging study shows that – contrary to popular belief - technological game-playing can involve brain activity that positively supports learning. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/january/classroom-games-learning.html 6 comments science
- Playing action packed video games like Call of Duty improves how quickly and efficiently you adapt to new visual and perceptual challenges, says new PNAS study. (i.e. they help you learn how to learn) But these findings run contrary to other research done earlier this year! http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/nueroscience/do-action-packed-video-games-make-us-learn-faster-17410924 255 comments science
- Contrary to popular belief, more exercise is not always better. Researchers find increase in cardiovascular deaths in heart attack survivors who exercise to excess. However, 50% of people are still not getting the minimum recommended amount of physical activity. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/280913.php 12 comments science
- Out of mind, out of sight: suppressing unwanted memories reduces their unconscious influence on behaviour: New research shows that, contrary to what was previously assumed, suppressing unwanted memories reduces their influence on behaviour, and sheds light on how this process happens in the brain. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/out-of-mind-out-of-sight-suppressing-unwanted-memories-reduces-their-unconscious-influence-on 3 comments science
- REVIEW ARTICLE An overview of the last 10 years of genetically engineered crop safety research (Review of 1700+ papers -no(?) contrary findings mentioned that I can see) http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/nicolia-20131.pdf 29 comments science
- Researchers studying regeneration wanted to see how regenerative capacity changes with age. They removed the eye lenses of newts 18 times over 16 years...and discovered that contrary to popular belief, regenerative capacity in newts is not altered by repeated regeneration and ageing http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v2/n7/full/ncomms1389.html 6 comments science
- War was central to Europe’s first civilisation - contrary to popular belief: Research from the University of Sheffield has discovered that the ancient civilisation of Crete, known as Minoan, had strong martial traditions, contradicting the commonly held view of Minoans as a peace-loving people. http://www.shef.ac.uk/news/nr/war-central-minoans-ancient-crete-1.235205 20 comments history
- Two researchers argue that cicadas' cycles are timed to "engineer" the numbers of a mortal enemy—predatory birds. Contrary to what one might expect, these birds' populations drop significantly the year cicadas emerge. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/12/cicadas-cycles-control-their-pre.html 7 comments science
- Contrary to the traditional views of the music industry, removal of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions can actually decrease piracy, according to new research from Rice University and Duke University. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-restrictions-decrease-music-piracy.html 6 comments technology