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Should the neuroscience community make a paradigm shift to sharing primary data?

Nature Neuroscience volume 3, pages 863–865 (2000)Cite this article

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The author outlines the pros and cons of data sharing for neuroscientists and argues that continued progress in the field will depend on a cultural shift toward making primary data freely available. He argues in favor of distributed databases to maximize the efficient use of data.

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Koslow, S. Should the neuroscience community make a paradigm shift to sharing primary data?. Nat Neurosci 3, 863–865 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/78760

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