Structural problems require structural solutions

Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Aug 30:46:e175. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X23001073.

Abstract

Chater & Loewenstein criticize behavioral scientists' reliance on individual-level ("i-frame") analysis, observing that this impoverishes policy interventions and stymies scientific progress. We extend their analysis to argue that structural factors bias and perpetuate behavioral science toward the i-frame. Addressing this problem fully will require structural changes to the training, peer review, and granting structures that confront research scientists.

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