stackyFACTSEven the most objective, peer-reviewed research is tainted by human desperation. The observer-expectancy effect happens when a researcher's cognitive bias causes them to unconsciously influence the participants of an experiment. It turns out, heavily staring at a rat and wishing it finishes a maze is terrible science.
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