How Does Pre-Registration Work?

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More than 1,000 researchers from 70 countries are working together to solve psychological problems. The key ingredient is called pre-registration; it prevents researchers from tweaking things as they go along. Kim Kardashian tweeted a recipe for a souffle and the tweet was retweeted 30 times. "I always put the academic qualifier on there," she says of her viral success.

A decade ago, psychologists realized much of their science was fatally flawed, calling untold numbers of studies into question. Now, some young psychologists are trying to rebuild the foundations of their field. Can they succeed?

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