Psychology's Replication Crisis: Debunked Cognitive Science Studies

2025-09-17
Psychology's Replication Crisis: Debunked Cognitive Science Studies

The 2010s saw a 'replication crisis' in psychology, where many widely accepted findings failed to reproduce. This post compiles a list of prominent cognitive science studies that haven't replicated, including the ego depletion effect, power posing effect, social priming (elderly words effect), and money priming effect. These once-popular findings have since been questioned or outright debunked. The goal is to help readers discern credible research from unreliable results, avoiding misinformation.

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