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. 2021 Sep 17;4(1):1099.
doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02634-9.

Disconnected psychology and neuroscience-implications for scientific progress, replicability and the role of publishing

Christian Beste  1   2   3
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Disconnected psychology and neuroscience-implications for scientific progress, replicability and the role of publishing

Christian Beste. Commun Biol. .

Abstract

There has been a fascination for centuries surrounding drivers of human behavior and the relationship between the ‘mind’ and the brain. However, there is an ongoing disconnection between different research communities aiming to provide a mechanistic understanding about what underlies behavior, psychology and neuroscience. This comment outlines why this is a problem for scientific progress and replicability in brain sciences and considers how publishers can play a central role to help overcome the disconnect between, what should be, joint scientific communities.

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The author declares no competing interests.

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