TY - JOUR T1 - Scanning the Horizon: Towards transparent and reproducible neuroimaging research JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/059188 SP - 059188 AU - Russell A. Poldrack AU - Chris I. Baker AU - Joke Durnez AU - Krzysztof J. Gorgolewski AU - Paul M. Matthews AU - Marcus Munafò AU - Thomas E. Nichols AU - Jean-Baptiste Poline AU - Edward Vul AU - Tal Yarkoni Y1 - 2016/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/10/25/059188.abstract N2 - Functional neuroimaging techniques have transformed our ability to probe the neurobiological basis of behaviour and are increasingly being applied by the wider neuroscience community. However, concerns have recently been raised that the conclusions drawn from some human neuroimaging studies are either spurious or not generalizable. Problems such as low statistical power, flexibility in data analysis, software errors, and lack of direct replication apply to many fields, but perhaps particularly to fMRI. Here we discuss these problems, outline current and suggested best practices, and describe how we think the field should evolve to produce the most meaningful answers to neuroscientific questions. ER -