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A 2007 study found that the brains of children with ADHD matured more slowly, but follow-up work this year showed those results vanished when differences between boys’ and girls’ development were accounted for. (Image credit: Dr. Richard Watts and ABCD/Univ. of VT P.I. Dr. Hugh Garavan)

Albaugh Quoted in Science Global Academy Article Saying Neuroscience Research Findings Often Can’t Be Replicated

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Health & Medicine

July 21, 2026

By Office of Medical Communications

Science Global Academy: Neuroscience findings often can’t be replicated‪—and it’s a big problem for what we know about the brain (JUL 21, 2026)

Matthew Albaugh, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, says neuroscience research findings often can’t be replicated‪—and it’s a big problem for what we know about the brain. This “replication crisis” suggests that a substantial amount of brain-behavior imaging research may rest on a shaky foundation.

Additional media coverage: Live Science