Is meditation associated with altered brain structure? A systematic review and meta-analysis of morphometric neuroimaging in meditation practitioners

KCR Fox, S Nijeboer, ML Dixon, JL Floman… - Neuroscience & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have begun to address how the brain's gray and white matter may be
shaped by meditation. This research is yet to be integrated, however, and two fundamental …

A Hitchhiker's guide to functional magnetic resonance imaging

JM Soares, R Magalhães, PS Moreira… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) studies have become increasingly popular
both with clinicians and researchers as they are capable of providing unique insights into …

[HTML][HTML] Sample size evolution in neuroimaging research: An evaluation of highly-cited studies (1990–2012) and of latest practices (2017–2018) in high-impact …

D Szucs, JPA Ioannidis - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
We evaluated 1038 of the most cited structural and functional (fMRI) magnetic resonance
brain imaging papers (1161 studies) published during 1990–2012 and 270 papers (300 …

Deriving reproducible biomarkers from multi-site resting-state data: An Autism-based example

A Abraham, MP Milham, A Di Martino, RC Craddock… - NeuroImage, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (R-fMRI) holds the promise
to reveal functional biomarkers of neuropsychiatric disorders. However, extracting such …

The relation between statistical power and inference in fMRI

HR Cremers, TD Wager, T Yarkoni - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Statistically underpowered studies can result in experimental failure even when all other
experimental considerations have been addressed impeccably. In fMRI the combination of a …

Influence of sample size and analytic approach on stability and interpretation of brain‐behavior correlations in task‐related fMRI data

CL Grady, JR Rieck, D Nichol… - Human Brain …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Limited statistical power due to small sample sizes is a problem in fMRI research. Most of the
work to date has examined the impact of sample size on task‐related activation, with less …

Brain development during the preschool years

TT Brown, TL Jernigan - Neuropsychology review, 2012 - Springer
The preschool years represent a time of expansive mental growth, with the initial expression
of many psychological abilities that will continue to be refined into young adulthood …

Progressive increase of frontostriatal brain activation from childhood to adulthood during event‐related tasks of cognitive control

K Rubia, AB Smith, J Woolley, C Nosarti… - Human brain …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Higher cognitive inhibitory and attention functions have been shown to develop throughout
adolescence, presumably concurrent with anatomical brain maturational changes. The …

Analysis of a large fMRI cohort: Statistical and methodological issues for group analyses

B Thirion, P Pinel, S Mériaux, A Roche, S Dehaene… - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
The aim of group fMRI studies is to relate contrasts of tasks or stimuli to regional brain
activity increases. These studies typically involve 10 to 16 subjects. The average regional …

Object and spatial mnemonic interference differentially engage lateral and medial entorhinal cortex in humans

ZM Reagh, MA Yassa - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014 - pnas.org
Recent models of episodic memory propose a division of labor among medial temporal lobe
cortices comprising the parahippocampal gyrus. Specifically, perirhinal and lateral …