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How observations on oneself can be scientific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2004

David A. Booth*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom http://www.bham.ac.uk
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Abstract

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The design and interpretation of self-experimentation need to be integrated with existing scientific knowledge. Otherwise observations on oneself cannot make a creative contribution to the advance of empirical understanding.

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