SynthesisNeuroinformatics2024
Improving the Eligibility of Task-Based fMRI Studies for Meta-Analysis: A Review and Reporting Recommendations.
Synthesis in Neuroinformatics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Translation of task-evoked negative BOLD response into aging and Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of the current literature.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Which software packages did researchers use to meta-analyze fMRI data? A literature survey from 2019 to 2024.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
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Abstract
Decisions made during the analysis or reporting of an fMRI study influence the eligibility of that study to be entered into a meta-analysis. In a meta-analysis, results of different studies on the same topic are combined. To combine the results, it is necessary that all studies provide equivalent pieces of information. However, in task-based fMRI studies we see a large variety in reporting styles. Several specific meta-analysis methods have been developed to deal with the reporting practices occurring in task-based fMRI studies, therefore each requiring a specific type of input. In this manuscript we provide an overview of the meta-analysis methods and the specific input they require. Subsequently we discuss how decisions made during the study influence the eligibility of a study for a meta-analysis and finally we formulate some recommendations about how to report an fMRI study so that it complies with as many meta-analysis methods as possible.
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