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1,359 claims from 845 papers are on the record. 46 have been checked so far; the other 1,313 have no check with a result yet.

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8 claims from 5 papers

  1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

    DPABI: Data Processing & Analysis for (Resting-State) Brain Imaging

    Yan, Wang, Zuo and Zang · Neuroinformatics · 2016

    The authors introduce DPABI, an open-source toolbox for resting-state fMRI analysis that grew out of REST and DPARSF and aims to make processing easier, quicker and more comparable across studies.

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    1. UncheckedThe DPABI toolbox builds in recent advances in controlling and measuring head motion, so users can test results under stringent motion-control strategies.“DPABI incorporates recent research advances on head motion control and measurement standardization, thus allowing users to evaluate results using stringent control strategies.”
    2. UncheckedDPABI includes a user-friendly pipeline toolkit for analysing resting-state fMRI data from rats and monkeys, reflecting growth in animal imaging.“Furthermore, DPABI provides a user-friendly pipeline analysis toolkit for rat/monkey R-fMRI data analysis to reflect the rapid advances in animal imaging.”
  2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

    A comprehensive assessment of regional variation in the impact of head micromovements on functional connectomics

    Yan, Cheung, Kelly et al. · NeuroImage · 2013

    The study mapped how small head movements affect the resting-state fMRI signal, tested motion-correction methods, and examined how motion affects the test-retest reliability of many brain-connectivity measures.

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    1. Unchecked“Residual relationships between motion and the examined R-fMRI metrics remained for all correction approaches, underscoring the need to covary motion effects at the group-level.”
    2. UncheckedHead motion generally lowered test-retest reliability of resting-state fMRI measures, except those based on frequency, notably ALFF.“Generally, motion compromised reliability of R-fMRI metrics, with the exception of those based on frequency characteristics - particularly, amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (ALFF).”
  3. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

    The Resting Brain: Unconstrained yet Reliable

    Shehzad, Kelly, Reiss et al. · Cerebral Cortex · 2009

    The authors measured test-retest reliability of resting-state functional connectivity using scans from 26 participants at three time points, and report generally good reliability and reproducible clustering.

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    1. UncheckedIn this resting-state fMRI study, hierarchical clustering of brain connectivity gave highly reproducible groupings across participants and across scanning sessions.“Finally, hierarchical clustering solutions were highly reproducible, both across participants and sessions.”
  4. 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

    The study assessed how well resting-state fMRI findings reproduce, and how correction methods and sample size affect this, using sex differences and eyes-open versus eyes-closed comparisons.

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    1. UncheckedIn this resting-state fMRI study, samples under about 80 people had very low power and low positive predictive value for detecting sex differences.“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.”
  5. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

    Test–retest reliability of functional connectivity networks during naturalistic fMRI paradigms

    Wang, Ren, Hu et al. · Human Brain Mapping · 2017

    The study compared how repeatable functional brain connectivity measures were during natural viewing versus resting-state fMRI in the same session, and reported higher reliability during natural viewing.

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    1. UncheckedBrain connectivity measures were reported as markedly more repeatable during natural movie viewing than at rest, by almost 50% on average across measures.“We found that the reliability of connectivity and graph theoretical measures of brain networks is significantly improved during natural viewing conditions over resting‐state conditions, with an average increase of almost 50% across various connectivity measures.”
    2. UncheckedHigher-order brain networks, such as the default mode and attention networks, appear to give more repeatable connectivity measures during natural viewing than at rest.“Not only sensory networks for audio–visual processing become more reliable, higher order brain networks, such as default mode and attention networks, but also appear to show higher reliability during natural viewing.”

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