There was no association between the delay in completing the post-test laboratory visit and change in anxiety, with (r (48) = -.18, p =.22) or without (r (46) = -.018, p =.90) the outlier cases, which fell at 19 and 26 days of delay, suggesting that decreases in anxiety were stable regardless of the amount of time between the relationship - formation program and follow - up testing. (interpersona.psychopen.eu)
The researchers then monitored the respiratory health of the volunteers with biweekly telephone calls and laboratory visits from September through May — but they did not attempt to find out whether the subjects continued meditating or exercising after the initial eight - week training period. (scientificamerican.com)
As Kenneth Nealson, a University of Southern California geobiologist and Jet Propulsion Laboratory visiting scientist, recently told the journal Nature: «The field is haunted by thinking you've detected life on Mars and finding that it's Escherichia coli from Pasadena.» (discovermagazine.com)