10 articles
All articlesRebecca C. Sindall & Dani J. Barrington
Failure is an integral part of learning: The adage “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again” was originally coined to encourage children to persevere with their school work (Palmer, 1840) . In the same way that we expect people to fail during the learning process as they gain new skills,…
Sean Devine, Max Bautista Perpinyà, Valentine Delrue, Stefan Gaillard, Thomas F. K. Jorna, Martijn van der Meer, Lottricia Millett, Chelsea Pozzebon & Jobke Visser
With the publication of our first issue, we are pleased to formally introduce the Journal of Trial and Error (JOTE). Our goal in this editorial article is to (i) outline the problem JOTE aims to solve, (ii) detail our solution, and (iii) state our goals as a journal. As readers will see, we…
Juliane Traxler, Roxane V. Philips, Andreas von Leupoldt & Johan W. S. Vlaeyen
Pain can be considered as a signal of “bodily error”: Errors — discrepancies between the actual and optimal/targeted state — can put organisms in danger and activate behavioral defensive systems. If the error relates to the body, pain is the warning signal that motivates protective action such as…
Veronika Cheplygina
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research - Veni scheme application 2018
Maarten Derksen
“Trial and Error (-related negativity)” is a fascinating paper detailing the attempt to develop a new experimental paradigm to study the role of error-related negativity in the development of avoidance behavior. In my comments on this paper I will focus on the interaction between experimenters and…
René H. F. P. Bekkers
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research - Vici scheme application 2019
Nicole Nelson
This short essay argues for an expanded conception of publication bias. In addition to considering the selective publication of results, I argue that we need to also consider the selective publication of epistemic by-products—observations and knowledge that scientists accumulate incidentally in the…
Kristel De Groot
Studies in the field of psychology often employ (computerized) behavioral tasks, aimed at mimicking real-world situations that elicit certain actions in participants. Such tasks are for example used to study risk propensity, a trait-like tendency towards taking or avoiding risk. One of the most…
Ruud Abma
A Comment on "Alcohol Cues and their Effects on Sexually Aggressive Thoughts"
Julie Leboeuf, Stine Linden-Andersen & Jonathan Carriere
Alcohol and its effects on aggression have been the subject of many discussions and research papers. Despite this fact, there is still a debate surrounding what it is exactly about alcohol that causes aggression. The current study sought to replicate the past finding by Bartholow and Heinz (2006),…
