This AI researcher is trying to ward off a reproducibility crisis

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VIEWPOINT : Trying to be No . 1 off the field

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Reliability of EEG Measures of Interaction: A Paradigm Shift Is Needed to Fight the Reproducibility Crisis

Measures of interaction (connectivity) of the EEG are at the forefront of current neuroscientific research. Unfortunately, test-retest reliability can be very low, depending on the measure and its estimation, the EEG-frequency of interest, the length of the signal, and the population under investigation. In addition, artifacts can hamper the continuity of the EEG signal, and in some clinical si...

This Time Is Different: Financial Integration and the 2007 Crisis

We study how the 2007-2009 crisis has changed the impact of financial integration on the transmission of international business cycles, focusing on a sample of 20 developed countries between 1978 and 2009. We use a differences-in-differences strategy for identification and investigate the effect of bilateral financial linkages on the co-movement of output, investment, and consumption before and...

Multilateralism is in Crisis [1]

There is a crisis in multilateralism.  No major new binding rules relating to international commerce have come into force in more than 20 years.  Demands by some nations for rules in new areas are not being met. The negotiations in the WTO of trade rules and the negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to devise rules restricting the annual emissions of greenhouse ga...