On the plurality of (methodological) worlds: Estimating the analytic flexibility of fMRI experiments.

How likely are published findings in the functional neuroimaging literature to be false? According to a recent mathematical model, the potential for false positives increases with the flexibility of analysis methods. Functional MRI (fMRI) experiments can be analyzed using a large number of commonly...

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Main Author: Joshua eCarp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2012.00149/full