Scientists from UK and the Sweden have cast doubt on the science behind high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging brain scans after they discovered the software interpreting it had a false positive rate of up to 70% . The researchers used published fMRI results, and along the way they swipe the fMRI community for their “lamentable archiving and data-sharing practices” that prevent most of the discipline's body of work being re-analysed. Their findings call into question some 40,000 AFNI studies and "may have a large impact on the interpretation of neuroimaging results". The experts also criticised "lamentable archiving and data-sharing practices".
Scientists from UK and the Sweden have cast doubt on the science behind high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging brain scans after they discovered the software interpreting it had a false positive rate of up to 70% . Their findings call into question some 40,000 AFNI studies and "may have a large impact on the interpretation of neuroimaging results". The experts also criticised "lamentable archiving and data-sharing practices".