Services and pricing

Buy only the depth of review the decision requires.

Choose a 60-minute advisory call, a focused written review, or full scientific diligence according to the size and stakes of the decision. Written reviews are fixed-fee, scoped in advance, and delivered as decision-ready memos.

Pricing

Starting fees and typical delivery times.

All prices are in USD. Exact scope, timing, and fee are confirmed in writing before work begins.

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Scientific Advisory Call

$450 USD

For a defined question that benefits from expert discussion before a larger review is commissioned.

  • 60-minute video call
  • Up to 30 minutes of advance material review
  • Brief written summary of conclusions and next questions
  • Fee credited toward a written review started within 7 days
TimingTypically scheduled within 5 business days
Focused

Focused Claim Review

From $1,250 USD

For one paper, claim, deck section, report section, or tightly bounded scientific question.

  • Approximately 3 to 5 pages
  • Claim and assumption map
  • Evidence alignment and key limitations
  • Bottom-line decision implications
  • One written clarification round
TimingUsually 5 business days
High stakes

Full Scientific Diligence

From $5,000 USD

For consequential decisions involving multiple claims, a substantial literature, or material uncertainty about real-world translation.

  • Approximately 10 to 15 pages
  • Full claim-evidence architecture
  • Detailed methods and literature assessment
  • Failure-mode and uncertainty analysis
  • Executive decision brief
  • 60-minute debrief
TimingUsually 2 to 3 weeks
Larger engagements

Comprehensive Diligence

For multi-claim, board-level, institutional, policy, or legal-adjacent questions requiring a longer technical record, multiple stakeholder meetings, or review of unusually large evidence packages.

From $8,500 USDTypically 3 to 5 weeksRequest a scope

Rush delivery, original data analysis, unusually large source packages, multiple products, or additional stakeholder meetings may increase the fee. No conclusion is guaranteed in advance.

Secure payment

Pay after the service and scope are confirmed.

The $450 Scientific Advisory Call can be paid immediately. For written reviews and workshops, use these links after the fixed scope and fee have been confirmed.

What the review examines

Claim, evidence, mechanism, and decision risk.

Every review applies the same core tests. Larger engagements cover more claims, more evidence, and more uncertainty.

Claim architecture

What is asserted, what is implied, which assumptions must be true, and whether the language outruns the evidence.

Methods and inference

Study design, measurement, sampling, statistical reasoning, causal interpretation, robustness, replicability, and generalizability.

Decision implications

What can be concluded now, what remains uncertain, which risks matter most, and what evidence would change the decision.

Why this background matters

More than 40 peer-reviewed articles inform how I evaluate scientific claims.

My work spans cognitive neuroscience, clinical neuroimaging, aging, evidence synthesis, measurement, EEG and ERP, and applied human factors. That breadth helps identify whether a claim fails at the level of study design, measurement, mechanism, interpretation, or real-world transfer.

Clinical neuroscience and aging

I have published work on ketamine-related brain changes in treatment-resistant depression and cognitive reserve under white-matter injury. This experience is directly relevant to claims about brain health, neuroimaging, aging, clinical mechanisms, and resilience.

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Measurement and real-world performance

I have also studied the reliability of cognitive-control measures and whether simulator features improve transfer to real performance. This supports reviews of assessments, behavioral measures, training systems, and product claims.

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Good fit

Questions that benefit from independent scientific scrutiny.

  • Does the evidence support the proposed mechanism or use case?
  • Is a result statistically real but practically unimportant?
  • What assumptions are concealed by persuasive technical language?
  • Would the findings generalize beyond the study population or setting?
  • What evidence would most efficiently reduce uncertainty?
Boundaries

What this service does not provide.

  • Promotional endorsement or a predetermined conclusion
  • Legal, investment, medical, clinical, or regulatory advice
  • Ghostwritten scientific authority for unsupported claims
  • Primary data collection, laboratory testing, or product-validation studies
  • Outcome guarantees
Institutional workshops

Training for research teams, universities, and professional groups.

Workshops are customized around the audience and may combine instruction, guided exercises, and review of participant materials.

Half-day virtual workshop

From $2,000 USD

Approximately 3 hours of live instruction plus planning and materials.

Full-day virtual workshop

From $3,500 USD

Approximately 6 hours of instruction, exercises, discussion, and materials.

Multi-day intensive

From $7,500 USD

Custom two- or three-day programs. In-person travel and accommodation are additional.

Possible topics

Meta-analysis and evidence synthesis
EEG and ERP interpretation
Mechanistic theory development
Multivariate methods
Scientific writing and inference
Experience-related neuroplasticity
Before you engage

See what a decision memo looks like.

The illustrative sample uses a public scientific claim and shows the structure, level of directness, and distinction between evidence and overreach.

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Request a scope

Describe what is being evaluated and the decision it informs.

Include the principal claim, available materials, intended audience, and any deadline.

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