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ArticleNeuroinformatics2019

Handling Multiplicity in Neuroimaging Through Bayesian Lenses with Multilevel Modeling.

Gang Chen, Yaqiong Xiao, Paul A Taylor, Justin K Rajendra, Tracy Riggins, Fengji Geng, Elizabeth Redcay, Robert W Cox

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Article in Neuroinformatics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Gang ChenScientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. gangchen@mail.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-2960-089X
Yaqiong XiaoDepartment of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
Paul A TaylorScientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Justin K RajendraScientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Tracy RigginsDepartment of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
Fengji GengDepartment of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
Elizabeth RedcayDepartment of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
Robert W CoxScientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Funding

Scientific and Statistical Computing CoreZICMH002888 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI TAYLOR, PAUL · 2009 to 2025
$30.9M
INTERACTION OF EMOTIONAL PERCEPTION AND VISUAL ATTENTIONR01MH071589 · NIMH · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PESSOA, LUIZ · 2004 to 2024
$8.9M
Dynamics of Large-Scale Networks During Emotional and Social ProcessingR01MH112517 · NIMH · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PESSOA, LUIZ, REDCAY, ELIZABETH · 2017 to 2021
$3.3M
Hippocampal-Memory Network Development and Episodic Memory in Early ChildhoodR01HD079518 · NICHD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI RIGGINS, TRACY L. · 2014 to 2018
$1.5M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 DA999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIC MH002888NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD079518NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH071589NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH112517
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we address the current issues of inefficiency and over-penalization in the massively univariate approach followed by the correction for multiple testing, and propose a more efficient model that pools and shares information among brain regions. Using Bayesian multilevel (BML) modeling, we control two types of error that are more relevant than the conventional false positive rate (FPR): incorrect sign (type S) and incorrect magnitude (type M). BML also aims to achieve two goals: 1) improving modeling efficiency by having one integrative model and thereby dissolving the multiple testing issue, and 2) turning the focus of conventional null hypothesis significant testing (NHST) on FPR into quality control by calibrating type S errors while maintaining a reasonable level of inference efficiency. The performance and validity of this approach are demonstrated through an application at the region of interest (ROI) level, with all the regions on an equal footing: unlike the current approaches under NHST, small regions are not disadvantaged simply because of their physical size. In addition, compared to the massively univariate approach, BML may simultaneously achieve increased spatial specificity and inference efficiency, and promote results reporting in totality and transparency. The benefits of BML are illustrated in performance and quality checking using an experimental dataset. The methodology also avoids the current practice of sharp and arbitrary thresholding in the p-value funnel to which the multidimensional data are reduced. The BML approach with its auxiliary tools is available as part of the AFNI suite for general use.

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Bayes TheoremBrainHumansMonte Carlo MethodNeuroimagingBayesian Multilevel (BML) modelingFalse Positive Rate (FPR)General Linear Model (GLM)Leave-one-out (LOO) cross-validationLinear Mixed-Effects (LME) modelingMarkov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST)PriorsRegions of Interest (ROIs)StanType S and type M errors

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PMID30649677
PMCPMC6635105

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