Now, boffins from Sweden and the UK have cast doubt on the quality of the science, because of problems with the statistical software: it produces way too many false positives. Scientists from Germany and the UK have cast doubt on the science behind high - resolution magnetic resonance imaging brain scans after they found the software interpreting it had a false positive rate of up to 50 % . Their findings call into question around 40,000 MRI studies and " may have a large impact on the interpretation of neuroimaging data " . The experts also criticised " lamentable archiving and data - sharing practices " .
Scientists from Germany and the UK have cast doubt on the science behind high - resolution magnetic resonance imaging brain scans after they found the software interpreting it had a false positive rate of up to 50 % . Their findings call into question around 40,000 MRI studies and " may have a large impact on the interpretation of neuroimaging data " . The experts also criticised " lamentable archiving and data - sharing practices " .