| Toward standardized usage of the word serendipity in the historiography of psychopharmacology. | |
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PMID: 20628954 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Contradictory views are expressed in the literature about the role played by serendipity in discoveries that led to modern psychopharmacology. This article attempts to resolve these contradictions by providing an operational definition of serendipity. The utility of the proposed definition is explored in the context of 18 discoveries. The results show that the most common pattern in the development of early psychiatric medications is serendipitous observation leading to non-serendipitous demonstration of clinical utility. The analysis also reveals examples of relatively pure serendipitous and non-serendipitous discoveries. The proposed definition appears to be reliable and valid. |
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Authors:
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Alan A Baumeister; Mike F Hawkins; Francisco López-Muñoz |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of the history of the neurosciences Volume: 19 ISSN: 1744-5213 ISO Abbreviation: J Hist Neurosci Publication Date: 2010 Jul |
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Created Date: 2010-07-14 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9441330 Medline TA: J Hist Neurosci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 253-70 Citation Subset: IM; Q |
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Psychology Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. abaumei@lsu.edu |
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