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July 10, 2012; 79 (2) WriteClick: Editor's Choice

Comment: Frontal lobes, executive dysfunction, gait, and the fallacy of pseudo-transitivityAuthor Response:

Massimo Filippi, Erwin B. Montgomery, Federica Agosta, Vladimir Kostić
First published July 9, 2012, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182612068
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WriteClick contributors this week address the issues of certainty and error in scientific publications. In reference to “Pattern of brain tissue loss associated with freezing of gait in PD” by Filippi et al., Dr. Montgomery reiterates the importance of setting forth alternatives when discussing a hypothesis in order to avoid inadvertently providing a false sense of validity. Dr. Walker calls attention to a genetic sequencing error made in a report published by Saiki et al. in 2003 which significantly alters the emphasis of the original publication. The authors acknowledge the error in a letter that will be linked to …

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