Extraordinary claims, extraordinary evidence? A discussion
Open Access
- 10 August 2021
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Learning & Behavior
- Vol. 49 (3), 265-275
- https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-021-00474-5
Abstract
Roberts (2020, Learning & Behavior, 48[2], 191–192) discussed research claiming honeybees can do arithmetic. Some readers of this research might regard such claims as unlikely. The present authors used this example as a basis for a debate on the criterion that ought to be used for publication of results or conclusions that could be viewed as unlikely by a significant number of readers, editors, or reviewers.Keywords
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