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devindotcom on April 7, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Really Happened in that Double-Blind Violin S...

This post was regarding a test conducted in 2012. I'm not saying it isn't relevant or that the reporting around the new one is good, but the study she was a part of is a different one from the study making the rounds today:

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/04/03/1323367111.abst...

masklinn on April 8, 2014 [–]

Yep, the one she was part of was basically a "pre-run", which allowed the run of a new, better and extended study.

Here's Ed Yong's reporting on the new one, gives most of the meat and introduces the old one (and criticisms to it): http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/07/stradivar...

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