Bayes for Beginners: Probability and Likelihood Bayes for Beginners 2: The Prior Bayes for Beginners 3: The Prior in Probabilistic Inference C. Randy Gallistel Presidential Column, Observer, September – October – November 2015  
A research replication initiative confirms earlier findings, showing that asking witnesses to provide a written description of a suspect can impair their ability to select that suspect from a lineup — the so-called “verbal overshadowing” effect.
Adhering faithfully to the scientific method is at the very heart of psychological inquiry. It requires scientists to be passionately dispassionate, to be intensely interested in scientific questions but not wedded to the answers. It