Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
About the speaker
Dr. Sjoerd Bruijn's main research interest is how humans are able to walk on two legs with such remarkable ease. He is convinced that this is due to two things; 1) the way the human body is build, and 2) remarkable control from the central nervous system. In his research, he tries to disentangle how this control is achieved. Of course, he tries to do so in the best possible way.
About the talk
In the past, dr. Sjoerd Bruijn shared his data; sure, whenever somebody requested data from his PhD, he would spend some days digging that up, documenting it, and then sharing it. Also, a few years ago, he found himself arguing on twitter with some of the proponents of preregistration. He argued that this is nice and all, but should not come at the cost of reduced exploratory analysis. Well, some things have changed…. He now (tries to ;-) ) document data and code from the get-go, and when last year, a reviewer stated that he and his team were potentially HARKING, because they had so many hypothesis, they could easily show that reviewer he was wrong, as they had preregistered our work. Was this a huge change in how he works? Not really. Did it take work? Certainly! Does he now think that all work should be preregistered? Tough one. Is he still confused about all things Open Science? Sometimes. In this talk, he will take you along in his quest to make his science better, showing the (for him) easy parts, but also discussing his problems. He might also slip in some knowledge on how (most) humans are able to walk on two legs with remarkable ease.
About the RIOTS Club
Visit riotscience.co.uk or Twitter @riotsciencenclub. To subscribe to our mailing list, please email riotscienceclub@kcl.ac.uk
About the speaker
Dr. Sjoerd Bruijn's main research interest is how humans are able to walk on two legs with such remarkable ease. He is convinced that this is due to two things; 1) the way the human body is build, and 2) remarkable control from the central nervous system. In his research, he tries to disentangle how this control is achieved. Of course, he tries to do so in the best possible way.
About the talk
In the past, dr. Sjoerd Bruijn shared his data; sure, whenever somebody requested data from his PhD, he would spend some days digging that up, documenting it, and then sharing it. Also, a few years ago, he found himself arguing on twitter with some of the proponents of preregistration. He argued that this is nice and all, but should not come at the cost of reduced exploratory analysis. Well, some things have changed…. He now (tries to ;-) ) document data and code from the get-go, and when last year, a reviewer stated that he and his team were potentially HARKING, because they had so many hypothesis, they could easily show that reviewer he was wrong, as they had preregistered our work. Was this a huge change in how he works? Not really. Did it take work? Certainly! Does he now think that all work should be preregistered? Tough one. Is he still confused about all things Open Science? Sometimes. In this talk, he will take you along in his quest to make his science better, showing the (for him) easy parts, but also discussing his problems. He might also slip in some knowledge on how (most) humans are able to walk on two legs with remarkable ease.
About the RIOTS Club
Visit riotscience.co.uk or Twitter @riotsciencenclub. To subscribe to our mailing list, please email riotscienceclub@kcl.ac.uk
