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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Güner Gültekin D, Siniksaran E · 2025 · Acta psychologica
Authority bias and overconfidence are two common cognitive tendencies that influence how individuals react to expert advice when faced with uncertainty. This study explores the interaction between these biases in decision-making,…
Crowe ML, Halverson TF, Kimbrel NA et al. · 2026 · Journal of affective disorders
Suicide remains a critical concern within the United States, particularly among U.S. veterans. Anger is a known correlate of suicidal ideation (SI) but little is understood about their moment-to-moment relationship. This short…
Mainville-Berthiaume A, Algallal H, Dupuis S et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Background and purpose Cocaine-associated cues trigger relapse to drug use in humans and animal models. In rats, long daily cocaine access (4-6 h vs. 1-2 h) increases drug self-administration and cue-induced cocaine seeking, suggesting…
Taber JL, Stults CB · 2025 · Transgender health
Purpose Transgender and nonbinary (TNB) people are at an elevated risk for depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and family behaviors may contribute to or protect from these negative outcomes. The current study,…
Vila-Dieguez O, Cazorla-Rey A, Michener LA · 2026 · Shoulder & elbow
Objective To assess interrater reliability of the visual scapular dyskinesis test among physical therapists and examine how clinician beliefs influence classifications of healthy shoulders. Methods 104 physical therapists (≥3 years of…
Molina-Sanchez M, Dowdall L, Dominijanni G et al. · 2026 · Current biology : CB
Our ability to transfer motor skills across tools and contexts is central to how we adapt to an increasingly technological world. From smartphones to wearable robotics, modern technologies demand flexible motor control that generalizes…
Vaccariello ED, Van Dyne A, Sutherland A et al. · 2026 · Journal of affective disorders
Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with cognitive impairments, which can worsen with age. This study aimed to investigate longitudinal changes in processing speed among individuals with BD and the influence of peripheral inflammation on…
Casson B, Jolliffe DA, Ariunbuyan S et al. · 2025 · Preprint
ABSTRACT Background Data on incidence and determinants of fracture risk among children living in non-Western settings are limited. The predictive value of radial quantitative ultrasound (QUS) for fracture risk in children remains…
Bading KC, Béna J, Barth M et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Evaluative conditioning (EC) refers to a change in the evaluation of a conditioned stimulus (CS) following its pairing with a positive or negative unconditioned stimulus (US). Theories of EC commonly assume that such effects depend on…
Gomez-Suarez R, Lin E, Gershon E et al. · 2026 · Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Objectives To evaluate the clinical utility of the simplified colon transit protocol of radiopaque markers (SROM) in pediatric functional constipation (FC). Methods Retrospective study of children meeting Rome IV criteria for FC undergoing…
Jang M, Lee KH, Shin J et al. · 2026 · Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Adolescent depression differs from adult depression in neurobiology and treatment response. Although resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) of the default mode network (DMN) has been linked to treatment response in adults, its value…
Perkins ER, Flum MW, Plate RC et al. · 2026 · Journal of personality disorders
Psychopathy involves disruptions in affiliation and threat sensitivity, but these are hard to disentangle behaviorally. This preregistered study (independent sample N s = 175 and 173) used clinical-forensic and transdiagnostic measures…
Grossmann T, Miller H, Allison O · 2026 · Developmental science
Positive affect (PA) is integral to health and development, yet its early origins remain largely unexplored. In this pre-registered study (N = 78), we investigated whether infant-specific biological and social-behavioral factors predict PA…
Zournatzidis P, Vorria P, Krana E et al. · 2026 · Personality and mental health
Mentalizing is a socio-cognitive capacity that develops within early attachment relationships, but institutional care may disrupt this process. Although adoption significantly improves developmental outcomes, it remains unclear whether…
Kumar AA, Lim HL, Saffari SE et al. · 2025 · Journal of neurotrauma
Acute traumatic central cord syndrome (ATCCS) is the most common form of incomplete spinal cord injury. Treatment recommendations for ATCCS patients are largely from North America, and their applicability to Asian populations remains…
Cakici O, Aykac K, Seyrek BE et al. · 2026 · The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Tularemia is a rare zoonotic infection with marked geographic clustering and long interepidemic periods. Pediatric data, particularly those on host immune responses during active disease and treatment, remain scarce. The authors aimed to…
Dunn CB, Farrell AD · 2026 · Research on child and adolescent psychopathology
Prior research has identified externalizing and internalizing pathways to adolescent-onset substance use, but few studies have considered how psychopathology is associated with the development of polysubstance use during early adolescence.…
Anderson AJ, Rodriguez CM, Henson JM · 2026 · Child psychiatry and human development
Parental psychological distress is a commonly examined risk factor for the emergence of child problem behaviors, but the factors that contribute to that relationship-such as limited parental resources like greater social support and coping…
Gallardo VJ, Caronna E, Rosell-Mirmi J et al. · 2026 · The journal of headache and pain
Background It remains unclear whether high-frequency migraine is associated with objective markers of possible neuroaxonal injury and potential expression of neurodegenerative hallmarks. We compared serum and MRI biomarkers in…
Abel DB, Fulford D, Fiszdon JM · 2026 · The Journal of nervous and mental disease
Aim Researchers have studied mechanisms underlying social motivation in schizophrenia, including reward learning, hostile attribution bias, and defeatist performance beliefs. Yet, existing work is limited by the use of laboratory paradigms…
McCabe SC, Ramirez K, Dyer S et al. · 2026 · American journal of audiology
Purpose Follow-up care after hearing aid fitting is recommended, yet clinicians lack data on the expected number of follow-up appointments needed and which patients require more support. This study aimed to characterize follow-up service…
Fernández Pérez ER, Humphries SM, Lynch DA et al. · 2026 · Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Rationale Quantitative CT using multiple instance learning (MIL)-usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) classifier and data-driven textural analysis (DTA) provides objective and reproducible measurements of disease pattern and extent,…
Wienhold S, Volkmer N, Denk B et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Abstract Trust enables cooperation, but it also exposes individuals to social risks. The physiological dynamics of trust in real-world interactions remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated whether interpersonal…
Onyedire NG, Ikenegbu T, Edward PU et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Abstract Background University students with physical impairments often face burnout in mainstream settings due to stigma, social barriers, and inadequate support. While social anxiety may heighten risk, self-concept and social support…
Kopatz M, Wagner W, Neuendorf C et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Class composition is a key contextual factor in students’ academic development. Prior research has mainly focused on class mean achievement, yet less is known about other composition characteristics, possible differences for students with…
Berkley S, Hoyt LT, Zeiders KH et al. · 2026 · Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence
This study used multilevel growth modeling to examine associations between ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) and sociopolitical development among undergraduates of color (N = 125) attending predominantly White institutions during the 2016…
MacAllister WS, Désiré N, Brooks BL · 2026 · The Clinical neuropsychologist
Objective There is strong support for the use of performance validity tests (PVTs) in all neuropsychological evaluations, however, research examining racial, ethnic, and linguistic differences in failure rates remains scarce, particularly…
Bagchi B, Van Vlaenderen L, Wheeler T et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Maternally transmitted Wolbachia bacteria are common in insects, with many strains altering host reproduction through cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). CI kills embryos fertilized by Wolbachia -bearing males unless those embryos also carry…
Cronblad IA, Warvik CE, Bjerkli IH et al. · 2026 · Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology
Background Oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas (OTSCC) frequently metastasise via lymphatic vessels, thus lymphangiogenesis may enhance tumour cell dissemination by increasing tumour-lymphatic interactions. The prognostic significance of…
Chen YA, Lind MN, Ram N et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Concerns about adolescent screen time have fueled debates about the role of mobile phone use in adolescent development, yet most research has relied on cross-sectional self-reports and global measures of use. The present study advances the…