Third retraction appears for former Wash U neuroscience grad student who committed misconduct

Five months after the Office of Research Integrity announced they had found evidence of misconduct by Adam Savine, a former Washington University graduate student in neuroscience, another journal has published a retraction of his work. Here’s the retraction notice in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General for “A characterization of individual differences in prospective memory … Continue reading Third retraction appears for former Wash U neuroscience grad student who committed misconduct

Retractions arrive for former Wash U neuroscience grad student found to have committed misconduct

Two studies by Adam Savine, the former Washington University neuroscience graduate student found by the Office of Research Integrity to have falsified data, have been retracted. Here’s the notice for one:

Wash U psychologist sheds light on inquiry against former psychology grad student

On Tuesday, we reported on the case of Adam Savine, a former graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis who was found by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) to have committed misconduct. Today, Blythe Bernhard, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has an illuminating Q and A with Todd Braver, whose lab Savine worked … Continue reading Wash U psychologist sheds light on inquiry against former psychology grad student

Wash U psych researcher cited in ORI probe, faces multiple retractions

The Office of Research Integrity says Adam Savine, a former post-doc graduate student in psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, committed misconduct in work that tainted three papers and six abstracts he submitted to conferences. One of Savine’s studies that drew some media attention involved Diederik Stapel-esque research showing which brain region lights up … Continue reading Wash U psych researcher cited in ORI probe, faces multiple retractions