title: Introduction to the special issue on recentering science: Replication, robustness, and reproducibility in psychophysiology.
abstract: In recent years, the psychological and behavioral sciences have increased efforts to strengthen methodological practices and publication standards, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the value and reproducibility of published reports. These issues are especially important in the multidisciplinary field of psychophysiology, which yields rich and complex data sets with a large number of observations. In addition, the technological tools and analysis methods available in the field of psychophysiology are continually evolving, widening the array of techniques and approaches available to researchers. This special issue presents articles detailing rigorous and systematic evaluations of tasks, measures, materials, analysis approaches, and statistical practices in a variety of subdisciplines of psychophysiology. These articles highlight challenges in conducting and interpreting psychophysiological research and provide data-driven, evidence-based recommendations for overcoming those challenges to produce robust, reproducible results in the field of psychophysiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: Emily S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kappenman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4064-1924
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keil
mesh_terms: D035081:Editorial Policies; D006801:Humans; D011603:Psychophysiology / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Psychometrics; Psychophysiology; Replicability; Reproducibility