Beautification of images by generative adversarial networks.

Finding the properties underlying beauty has always been a prominent yet difficult problem. However, new technological developments have often aided scientific progress by expanding the scientists' toolkit. Currently in the spotlight of cognitive neuroscience and vision science are deep neural networks.

Data sharing upon request and statistical consistency errors in psychology: A replication of Wicherts, Bakker and Molenaar (2011).

Sharing research data allows the scientific community to verify and build upon published work. However, data sharing is not common practice yet. The reasons for not sharing data are myriad: Some are practical, others are more fear-related.

Correction notices in psychology: impactful or inconsequential?

Science is self-correcting, or so the adage goes, but to what extent is that indeed the case? Answering this question requires careful consideration of the various approaches to achieve the collective goal of self-correction. One of the most straightforward mechanisms is individual self-correction: researchers rectifying their mistakes by publishing a correction notice. Although it offers an efficient route to correcting the scientific record, it has received little to no attention from a metascientific point of view.

Sound-Symbolism Effects in the Absence of Awareness: A Replication Study.

People have been shown to link particular sounds with particular shapes. For instance, the round-sounding nonword tends to be associated with curved shapes, whereas the sharp-sounding nonword is deemed to be related to angular shapes. People's tendency to associate sounds and shapes has been observed across different languages.