Re:Rage Disorder Linked with Toxoplasmosis (2016)
by lima on Monday October 02, 2017 @12:40PM
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> Toxoplasmosis in particular seems intuitively like the perfect combination of new research plus massive prestige for whoever publishes papers on the topic
While I absolutely agree with the general sentiment, some of the findings related to toxoplasmosis are well-replicated and supported by meta analysis, especially the link to schizophrenia and reaction time.
Flegr was mostly ignored for a decade and his findings are only now reaching mainstream recognition, after replication by independent teams.
Some of the recent "toxoplasmosis linked to X" papers are indeed of low-quality (low sample size and worse).
While I absolutely agree with the general sentiment, some of the findings related to toxoplasmosis are well-replicated and supported by meta analysis, especially the link to schizophrenia and reaction time.
Flegr was mostly ignored for a decade and his findings are only now reaching mainstream recognition, after replication by independent teams.
Some of the recent "toxoplasmosis linked to X" papers are indeed of low-quality (low sample size and worse).