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5 claims from 3 papers

1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams

   Botvinik‐Nezer, Holzmeister, Camerer et al. · Nature · 2020

   Seventy teams analysed the same fMRI dataset to test the same nine hypotheses; their results varied sizeably, and no two teams used an identical workflow.

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   1. UncheckedPrediction markets of researchers in the field overestimated how likely significant findings were, even among those with direct knowledge of the dataset.“Furthermore, prediction markets of researchers in the field revealed an overestimation of the likelihood of significant findings, even by researchers with direct knowledge of the dataset 2-5 .”

2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Reproducibility of R‐fMRI metrics on the impact of different strategies for multiple comparison correction and sample sizes

   Chen, Bin Lu and Yan · Human Brain Mapping · 2017

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   1. Unchecked“Small sample sizes (e.g., < 80 [40 per group]) not only minimized power (sensitivity < 2%), but also decreased the likelihood that significant results reflect “true” effects (PPV < 0.26) in sex differences.”

3. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Reproducibility of functional brain alterations in major depressive disorder: Evidence from a multisite resting-state functional MRI study with 1,434 individuals

   Xia, Si, Sun et al. · NeuroImage · 2019

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   1. Unchecked“We observed significant hypoactivity in the orbitofrontal, sensorimotor, and visual cortices and hyperactivity in the frontoparietal cortices in MDD patients compared to the controls.”
   2. Unchecked“These alterations are not affected by different statistical analysis strategies, global signal regression and medication status and are generally reproducible across centers.”
   3. Unchecked“Bootstrap analyses reveal that at least 400 subjects in each group are required to replicate significant alterations (an extent threshold of P < .05 and a height threshold of P < .001) at 50% reproducibility.”