Self-Experimentation
Self-experimentation has often been used for hypothesis testing, for example testing an idea about the cause of ulcers. I found it is also a good way to form hypotheses. This article is about this discovery.
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Articles
- 2008 (July 1) Svoboda, E. The worms crawl in. The New York Times. Registration required.
- 2008 (March 10) Minkel, J. R. Self-experimenters step up for science. Scientific American Online.
- 2007 (July). Burkhardt, A. Professor im Dauertest. Emotion, p. 14.
- 2007 (May 14). Gibbons, M. Seth Roberts, PhD: Do-It-Yourselfer's researcher. Advance for Respiratory Care Practitioners, vol. 20, issue 11, p. 9.
- 2007 (March). Slack, G. The self-experimenter. The Scientist, vol. 21, issue 3, p. 24.
- 2006 (September) Schneider, R. Zuerst fernsehen, dann frühstücken. NZZ Folio, pp. 74-75. English translation.
- 2004 (January). Kagen, S., and Muthiah, R. Poisonous snake venom vaccination: A case report of a non-physician directed experiment. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, vol. 92, no. 1, p. 120.
- 2004 Roberts, S. Self-experimentation as a source of new ideas: Examples about sleep, mood, health, and weight. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 27, pp. 227-262. replications. Excerpt in Harper's
- 2003 [review] Kerridge, I. Altruism or reckless curiosity? A brief history of self experimentation in medicine. Internal Medicine Journal, vol. 33, pp. 203-207.
- 2001 Roberts, S. Surprises from self-experimentation: Sleep, mood, and weight. Chance, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 7-12.
- 1998 Roberts, S., and Neuringer, A. Self-experimentation. In K. A. Lattal and M. Perrone (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods in Human Operant Behavior (pp. 619-655). New York: Plenum.
- 1995 Gould, S. J. Researcher introspection as a method in consumer research: Applications, issues, and implications. Journal of Consumer Research, vol. 21, pp. 719-722.
- 1991 Gould, S. J. The self-manipulation of my pervasive, vital energy through product use: An introspective-praxis approach. Journal of Consumer Research, vol. 18, pp. 194-207.
Books
- 2007 Goodman, M. Suffer & Survive: Gas Attacks, Miners' Canaries, Spacesuits and the Bends: The Extreme Life of Dr J. S. Haldane New York: Simon & Schuster.
- 2006 Roberts, S. The Shangri-La Diet: The No Hunger Eat Anything Weight-Loss Plan. New York: Putnam.
- 2005 Gratzer, W. Terrors of the Table: The Curious History of Nutrition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- 2005 [ages 9 to 12] Boring, M., Dendy, L. A., and Mordan, C. B. Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine. New York: Henry Holt.
- 2003 [reference] Fikes, A. P. Self-Experimenters: Sources for Study. New London, CO: Praeger.
- 1987 Altman, L. K. Who Goes First? The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine.
- 1984 Franklin, F., and Sutherland, J. Guinea Pig Doctors: The Drama of Medical Research Through Self-Experimentation. New York: William Murrow. Republished in 2003 as If I Die in The Service of Science: The Dramatic Stories of Medical Scientists Who Experimented on Themselves.
- 1897 Wells, H. G. The Invisible Man.
- 1886 Stevenson, R. L. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Journalism
- 2006 (Nov) Weiss, J. Face time. MSN Heath and Fitness on msn.com.
- 2006 (Sept 28) Teitell, B. New study may mean breakfast is toast. Boston Herald.
- 2006 (Sept 18) von Bubnoff, A. The breakfast hype. Los Angeles Times.
- 2006 (June 10) Moore, W. Doctors who had a taste of their own medicine. Times Online.
- 2005 Dubner, S., and Levitt, S. Does the truth lie within? New York Times Magazine. Related material and letters: 1 2 3 4 5
- 1995 Brown, K. S. Testing the most curious subject -- oneself. The Scientist, vol. 9, no. 24, p. 1.
Critictism
- 2005 [blog entry] Bozzo, T. Economics of self-experimentation. Marginal Utility.
- 1996 Jasienski, M. Wishful thinking and the fallacy of single-subject experimentation. The Scientist, vol. 10, no. 5, p. 10. Reply.
Other
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The forum about self-experimentation contains remarkable new observations about standing and migraine headaches, among other things. I hope you will post about your self-experimentation.
