Misrepresentation of Neuroscience Data Might Give Rise to Misleading Conclusions in the Media: The Case of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Francois Gonon; Erwan Bezard; Thomas Boraud

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014618

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Misrepresentation of Neuroscience Data Might Give Rise to Misleading Conclusions in the Media: The Case of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Francois Gonon ,

* E-mail: francois.gonon@u-bordeaux2.fr

Affiliations Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France
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Erwan Bezard,

Affiliations Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France
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Thomas Boraud

Affiliations Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France
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Misrepresentation of Neuroscience Data Might Give Rise to Misleading Conclusions in the Media: The Case of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Francois Gonon,
Erwan Bezard,
Thomas Boraud

Published: January 31, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014618

About the Authors

Francois Gonon

* E-mail: francois.gonon@u-bordeaux2.fr

Affiliations Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France

Erwan Bezard

Affiliations Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France

Thomas Boraud

Affiliations Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FG. Performed the experiments: FG TB. Analyzed the data: FG TB. Wrote the paper: FG EB TB.

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