statistics

·August 28, 2021·5 min read

Dunbar’s Number: Why the Theory That Humans Can Only Maintain 150 Friendships Has Withstood 30 Years of Scrutiny

Thirty years ago, Robin Dunbar theorized humans can maintain a friendship group of 150 people, with five intimate friendships. Despite many attempts to challenge the theory, Dunbar's Number has stood the test of time. Backed by neuroscience and statistics, Robin Dunbar explains why his theory still prevails.

This shows a rainbow of colorful letters and numbers

Featured Neuroscience

·May 15, 2019·4 min read

Colourful language: Enhanced language learning in synesthetes discovered

People with grapheme-color synesthesia, associating colors with numbers and letters, have a significant advantage when it comes to statistical learning.

This is a bell curve graph which shows how p value is determined

Featured Neuroscience

·April 6, 2019·5 min read

Is it the end of ‘statistical significance’? The battle to make science more uncertain

A new paper considers whether scientific research is really 'moving to a world beyond p<0.05, and if we are ready to alter the standing concept of 'statistical significance'.