the error bar Dr Nick Holmes

in this episode we find out how motivational talk makes you run faster & i ponder on the history of science & the death of ideas long, long after their time.

keywords: progress idea Kuhn death revolution.

details, sources and full transcript at the error bar [https://theerrorbar.com?e=38].

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my name's nick holmes and THIS is the error bar: a podcast about brain science & statistics that's nothing like any other podcast about brain science & statistics.



this month's episode reveals the final truth about why men's and women's brains are so very similar or different, and I alog (it's like a blog, but its auditory) about why the problem of sample size in a research study is never really actually a problem at all. at least on its own. it's contextual. right?

my name's nick holmes and THIS is the error bar, where no drinks are served, which has only one song on the jukebox & one programme on the telly: the news.

this episode covers mortality rates associated with obsessive compulsive disorder and two newspaper stories about love - just in time for valentine's day.

i also waffle on about the pros and cons of looking back over 'the literature' - should we study the literature in the library, or study nature in the lab?

keywords: history research meta analysis review.
details, sources and full transcript at the error bar [https://theerrorbar.com?e=36].
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my name's nick holmes and THIS is the error bar, a podcast by a middle age man who likes statistics, FOR middle aged men who like statistics.

keywords: podcast return season three brains stats.

details, sources and full transcript at the error bar [https://theerrorbar.com?e=35]

how learning to play the piano improves perception, why the brain needs a break, image manipulation & the wonder of winter walking.

keywords: bias perception break stress fraud walk.

details, sources and full transcript at the error bar [https://theerrorbar.com?e=34].

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how different people see the world of colour differently, the study of love that triggered a studied hate & the annual review of the error bar's existence..

keywords: colour love hate difference ReasonsToBe.

details, sources and full transcript at the error bar [https://theerrorbar.com?e=33].

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