30. Positive controls in another experiment by Nobel Laureates (mini-series: reading-21)

30. Positive controls in another experiment by Nobel Laureates (mini-series: reading-21)

Author: Dr. Synaptologica August 17, 2024 Duration: 32:41
We will keep analyzing the specific positive controls that the Nobel Laureates used in their milestone article 1 that led to the Nobel Prize. We will examine the four positive controls in the third figure of this paper, and in other figures as well. Those positive controls did not necessarily show positive responses in multiple figures. We will observe that positive controls can show variable behaviors in a paper. We will also discuss how a modified definition of positive controls will be hel...

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