Interestingly, the article itself is still available in pristine form from Wiley (through EBSCO, which my university subscribes to).
Each page of a retracted article is supposed to have a very visible red watermark indicating that the paper has been retracted. A PUBMED search of the article using its title did yield the retraction notice. However, there should be some indication in its online site that the paper has been retracted. I recall reading a study recently that indicates that some retracted papers continue to be cited post-retraction, though the context of the citations was not examined. One would hope that each of those newer citations is to the fact that paper was, in fact, retracted. Miguel ________________________________________ From: Mike Palij [m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 4:46 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] New Neurons = Lost Memories? A recent research study in Science is making it into the mass media because it claims to show that the process of neurogenesis in the hippocampus may explain the phenomenon of "infantile amnesia" in animals and possibly humans (the original study used animals). Here is an article based on the research in the Chicago Tribune (but apparently first published in the Washington Post); see: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-washpost-bc-memory17-20140517,0,3699945.story The original research article can be accessed here: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6184/598.short For those of you who have the attitude "I'll read that article when they make it into a movie", well, you're in luck because on the website of the supervising researcher (Paul W. Frankland), there's an animation that recounts the research in the science paper (may be particularly useful for those who teach intro early in the morning with students who yearn to be watching cartoons on TV instead); see: http://www.franklandlab.com/ This research suggests that in adults, because exercises induces neurogenesis in the hippocampus (remember that good ole fashion neuroplasticity), recent or new memories may actually be more difficult to retain accurately. From a therapeutic perspective, this seems like a particularly good procedure for dealing with PTSD and trauma related reactions. A brief search of scholar.google.com for the term "exercise therapy" produces a number of hits, indicating that some researcher may have found behavioral evidence for the benefits of exercise for some types of psychopathology. But much more research needs to be done before one starts recommending this, in part because a skeptical attitude requires one to have this attitude, but also because recent research needs to be replicated, that is, if it is not first retracted; see: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.01040.x/abstract;jsessionid=A1495097509DDBC18C916C8BF1E94067.f04t04?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false Is anyone else a little surprised at how this retracted article is presented on this website? If one misses the first word in the title, one would be unaware that it was retracted. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu<mailto:m...@nyu.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: ro...@stjohns.edu<mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c12d&n=T&l=tips&o=36750 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-36750-1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-36750-1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=36759 or send a blank email to leave-36759-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
