Is there a replication crisis? Perhaps. Is this an example? No: a commentary on Ito, Martin, and Nieuwland (2016)

Is there a replication crisis? Perhaps. Is this an example? No: a commentary on Ito, Martin, and Nieuwland (2016) Katherine A. DeLong, Thomas P. Urbach and Marta Kutas Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA; Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA; Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA; Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

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