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Boosted by jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)"):
FabMusacchio ("Fabrizio Musacchio") wrote:

Just out on @thetransmitter: 18 teams analyzed the same #Neuropixels dataset and obtained strongly divergent answers.

Even for #SharpWaveRipple detection, the apparent consensus masked major differences: Some teams detected almost no ripples, others up to 10 per minute. Functional connectivity and spike-spike interaction analyses diverged even more.

🌍 https://www.thetransmitter.org/reproducibility/eighteen-teams-analyzed-the-same-neurophysiology-dataset-and-got-wildly-different-answers/

#Neuroscience #CompNeuro #electrophysiology #Neurophysiology

Varied outcomes: The way researchers defined concepts, the algorithms they used and the parameters they employed all contributed to the differences in results. ILLUSTRATION BY IBRAHIM RAYINTAKATH