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A searchable index of real negative results, null findings, and replication failures from the published literature — so you can learn what didn't work before repeating it.

WASTE indexes published research — it does not host or republish full papers. Each entry is a metadata record (title, authors, DOI) compiled from open scholarly databases, with the abstract shown in full only where the paper is openly licensed (e.g. Creative Commons); otherwise a short excerpt is shown for reference under fair use. WASTE classifies each work by failure type; classifications are automated and approximate.

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Negative / Null Result Report

Collaborative registered replication of Griskevicius et al. (2010): Can pro-environmental behavior be promoted by inducing status competition?

Lazarevic LB, Wagge JR, Balci BB et al. · 2023 · Preprint

The present study presents results of a collaborative registered replication of Griskevicius et al.’s (2010) findings from Experiment 1 conducted by 24 student groups from six countries (N = 3,774) investigating if pro-environmental…

View details →DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/sfmz8
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Early and later susceptibility to effects of parenting: Exploring Frankenhuis and Panchanathan's (2011) evolutionary commitment hypothesis.

Zhang X, Machlin L, McLaughlin K et al. · 2025 · Developmental psychology

This study tests Frankenhuis and Panchanathan's (2011) evolutionary commitment hypothesis by examining individual differences in susceptibility to the effects of parenting during early and late childhood. Drawing from the Future of…

View details →DOI: 10.1037/dev0002023
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Musical groove listening does not enhance primary motor cortex activation.

O'Connell SR, Wilson GE, Berkowitz DH et al. · 2026 · Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)

Groove is the pleasurable urge to move to the beat of music, a universally experienced human phenomenon. Because listeners are often inspired to move to music with groove, we asked whether high-groove music would promote greater motor…

View details →DOI: 10.1162/imag.a.1185
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Impact of increasing workforce racial diversity on black-white disparities in cardiovascular disease mortality.

Colbeth HL, Riddell CA, Thomas M et al. · 2024 · Journal of epidemiology and community health

Background Structural racism's influence on workforce policies and practices presents possible upstream targets for assessing and reducing racial health disparities. This study is the first to examine workforce racial diversity in…

View details →DOI: 10.1136/jech-2024-222094
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Psychobehavioral profiles of eating risk: schema-emotion regulation patterns differ in central adiposity with genotype (FTO rs9939609) as external validator-a pilot study.

Obara-Gołębiowska M · 2026 · Eating and weight disorders : EWD

Purpose To identify person-centered psychological profiles of eating-related risk based on early maladaptive schemas (EMS), emotion regulation difficulties, and eating behaviors, and to examine their external validation using…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s40519-026-01853-5
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Effect of a Pragmatic eHealth Behavioral Gestational Weight Gain Intervention on Household Chaos in Pregnant People of Lower Socioeconomic Status: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Kracht CL, Falkenhain K, Flanagan EW et al. · 2026 · JMIR mental health

Background Household chaos is an emerging risk factor for childhood obesity development, especially in families with lower socioeconomic status (SES). It is unclear if changes in household chaos, especially in pregnancy, may mediate the…

View details →DOI: 10.2196/74146
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Homocysteine and Peripheral White Blood Cell Count-derived Ratios: Insights from Healthy Population.

Neelam P, Sowndarya K, Anupama H et al. · 2025 · Advanced biomedical research

Background Homocysteine (Hcy) and dyslipidemia are established risk parameters of atherosclerosis. Considerable research has been conducted using ratios of lymphocytes to other cellular components of the peripheral white blood cell count…

View details →DOI: 10.4103/abr.abr_550_24
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Polygenic risk for schizophrenia and subjective well-being in a general population sample.

Serimaa O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Lyytikäinen LP et al. · 2025 · Psychological medicine

Background Previous evidence has reported associations of a polygenic risk score for schizophrenia (PRS SCZ ) with negative developmental outcomes, such as psychiatric symptoms, adverse health behaviors, and reduced everyday functioning.…

View details →DOI: 10.1017/s0033291725000911
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Fragile Mentalizing: Lack of Behavioral and Neural Markers of Social Cognition in an Established Social Perspective Taking Task when Combined with Stress Induction.

Cheema S, Augustin C, Göttlich M et al. · 2024 · eNeuro

The growing field of social neuroscience is reliant on the development of robust, ecologically valid paradigms for simulating social interaction and measuring social cognition in highly controlled laboratory settings. Perspective taking is…

View details →DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0084-24.2024
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The relationship between dental occlusion and visual dysfunctions: A literature review.

Alshehri FS, Alshehri AS, Alhejali AE et al. · 2025 · Journal of orthodontic science

Theoretical and anatomical pathways suggest a connection between the stomatognathic and visual systems. However, the evidence for associations between dental occlusion, temporomandibular disorders (TMD), and visual function is fragmented…

View details →DOI: 10.4103/jos.jos_141_25
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Treatment of OSA and its Impact on Cardiovascular Disease, Part 2: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.

Javaheri S, Javaheri S, Gozal D et al. · 2024 · Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Many studies have shown an association of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with incident cardiovascular diseases, particularly when comorbid with insomnia, excessive sleepiness, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, and chronic obstructive…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.07.024
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Anxiety, Cognitive Biases, and Evaluative Conditioning: An Eye-Tracking Experiment.

Lazar A, Rougier M, De Houwer J et al. · 2026 · International review of social psychology

Prior research revealed a correlation between individual differences in neuroticism (specifically, the component of trait anxiety) and evaluative conditioning (i.e., changes in attitude due to stimulus pairings). In two studies ( N = 274…

View details →DOI: 10.5334/irsp.1205
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Mirror exposure in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: a feasibility study on body image disturbance and attentional bias.

Pelzer M, Werthmann J, Svaldi J et al. · 2026 · Eating and weight disorders : EWD

Purpose Body image disturbances (BID) are central to anorexia nervosa (AN), influencing its development, maintenance and relapse. While mirror exposure (ME) has been shown to reduce BID in adults, research in adolescents is limited. This…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s40519-026-01880-2
Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Inhibition of p38α MAPK increases short-term astrocyte reactivity: the exploratory VIP trial in early Alzheimer's disease.

Gouilly D, Da-Costa A, Vrillon A et al. · 2025 · Journal of neuroinflammation

BACKGROUND: Neuro-inflammation is an early mechanistic target in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the effect of anti-inflammatory drugs on biomarkers of neuro-inflammation has yet to be described. Biomarkers of neuro-inflammation showed…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12974-025-03625-x
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A randomized digital behavioral intervention for prenatal and postpartum weight outcomes in women with overweight or obesity: the GROWell trial.

Simmons LA, Phipps JE, Castro-Alvarez S et al. · 2026 · BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Background Rising rates of overweight and obesity globally have led to an increasing number of women who enter pregnancy with excess weight, posing significant health risks to mothers and infants. Mobile health interventions, such as…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12884-026-08846-3
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Effect of genistein and coenzyme Q10 in oxidative damage and mitochondrial membrane potential in an attenuated type II mucopolysaccharidosis cellular model.

Delgado CA, Poletto E, Vera LNP et al. · 2024 · Cell biochemistry and function

Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) is an inborn error of the metabolism resulting from several possible mutations in the gene coding for iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS), which leads to a great clinical heterogeneity presented by these…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3932
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Plasma von Willebrand Factor and ADAMTS13 Interact With <i>APOE</i>-ε4 in Predicting Longitudinal Brain Atrophy and Cognitive Decline Over a 9-Year Follow-Up.

Adegboye HA, Sun Y, Zhang P et al. · 2026 · Journal of the American Heart Association

Background Von Willebrand factor (VWF) and ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 13) are linked to dementia risk, and limited evidence suggests apolipoprotein E ( APOE )-ε4 alters VWF release. This…

View details →DOI: 10.1161/jaha.125.043186
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Democratic backsliding damages favorable US image among the global public.

Goldsmith BE, Horiuchi Y, Matush K et al. · 2025 · PNAS nexus

US democracy appears to have weakened during the 21st century. Scholars have raised concerns that this democratic backsliding will reduce favorable views of the United States among foreign citizens in other democracies. In turn, observers…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf104
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A Field of Her Own: Property Rights and Women's Agency in Myanmar.

Fertig A, Hartman A, Iyer L et al. · 2026 · The journal of politics

Can financial incentives lead households to register land in women's names, thereby providing them with formal property rights? Can formal property ownership improve women's economic outcomes and change decision-making dynamics within the…

View details →DOI: 10.1086/734236
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Naturalistic investigation of cannabis strains varying in THC and CBD ratios and verbal recognition memory.

Paulich KN, Place C, Giordano G et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in psychology

Introduction Cannabis, which contains cannabinoids delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), has become the third-most-commonly used psychoactive substance in the United States. The legal market has grown alongside the…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1685412
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No Association Between Hypnotizability and Basal Ganglia Morphometry.

Picerni E, Piras F, Laricchiuta D et al. · 2026 · Brain sciences

Background: Hypnotizability is a psychophysiological trait measured by standardized scales whose scores indicate the proneness to modify perception, memory, and behavior according to specific suggestions, and to experience the hypnotic…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/brainsci16030287
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How robust are egocentric and altercentric interference effects in social cognition? a test with explicit and implicit versions of a continuous false belief task.

Haskaraca FN, Proft M, Liszkowski U et al. · 2023 · Frontiers in psychology

It has been long assumed that meta-representational theory of mind (ToM) -our ability to ascribe mental states to ourselves and other people- emerges around age four as indicated in performance on explicit verbal false belief tasks. In…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1142302