TY - JOUR T1 - Editorial: Introducing Registered Reports JF - eneuro JO - eNeuro DO - 10.1523/ENEURO.0089-18.2018 VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - ENEURO.0089-18.2018 AU - Christophe Bernard Y1 - 2018/03/01 UR - http://www.eneuro.org/content/5/2/ENEURO.0089-18.2018.abstract N2 - The way we do science is rather stereotyped. We have hypotheses to test, and we plan the experiments, sometimes a long time ahead, to test these hypotheses. Writing a grant proposal is a typical example: we give a detailed plan of what we are going to do in the coming years. Of course, we never know how a project will evolve, and deviations from the original plan are commonplace, as milestones may not be reached. But in many instances, the hypothesis is such that deviations rarely occur. Preclinical studies are a prototypical example: we test whether a drug can treat a particular disorder. The experimental plan is straightforward. Unavoidably, many projects lead to dead ends, negative results, etc.Publishing such negative results is important for the advancement of science, as it saves time and money for labs tempted to … ER -