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I think the point is, whatever the impact of cool or warm temperatures are, as long as it is the same in all the experiments it should not matter.
by frabert 6y ago
I think the point is, whatever the impact of cool or warm temperatures are, as long as it is the same in all the experiments it should not matter.
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- nitrogen 6y agoIt matters if the effect size is dependent on temperature.
- jmcgough 6y agoI have read hundreds of research papers, and I don't think I've ever seen one that described the temperature that the rat housing is kept at. It's definitely not something that's controlled for right now.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoOh, totally understood, that clearly ought to change! My only point was, the article was framing this as an issue of scientist comfort, ie human researchers don't want to work in hot labs. I don't see why they should have to, at least in most cases.
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- jmcgough 6y agoWe study rats because they're an inexpensive and ethical replacement for humans, with the assumption that some of the research will carry over to other mammals. It's harder for that work to translate over if we keep them in abnormal environments that affect their behavior or physiology.
- mennis16 6y agoNot if the temperature has an effect on the intervention you are trying to study. Taken to an extreme, you obviously cannot house mice in a freezer and expect generalizable results.