How to develop good research questions

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. megan.peters@uci.edu.
² Department of Logic & Philosophy of Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. megan.peters@uci.edu.
³ Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. megan.peters@uci.edu.
⁴ Center for Theoretical Behavioral Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. megan.peters@uci.edu.
⁵ Program in Brain, Mind, & Consciousness, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. megan.peters@uci.edu.

Megan A K Peters. Nat Hum Behav. 2025 Sep.

. 2025 Sep;9(9):1759-1761.

doi: 10.1038/s41562-025-02292-5.

Megan A K Peters^{1

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¹ Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. megan.peters@uci.edu.
² Department of Logic & Philosophy of Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. megan.peters@uci.edu.
³ Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. megan.peters@uci.edu.
⁴ Center for Theoretical Behavioral Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. megan.peters@uci.edu.
⁵ Program in Brain, Mind, & Consciousness, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. megan.peters@uci.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The author declares no competing interests.

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