04 Oct 16. Opinion - is fMRI reliable?

Has a software bug really called decades of brain imaging research into question? Edinburgh Imaging's Dr Cyril Pernet discusses whether functional MRI research is in a sorry state, or if the science just going through a normal process of refinement and improvement.

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Brain Imaging fMRI
Brain Imaging fMRI

 

A study highlighting issues with analysis of fMRI data, claims the technique irretrievably flawed. Dr Cyril Pernet & Prof Tom Nichols argue in The Guardian that the reality is much more nuanced.

Read Dr Pernet's full article here.