If a transgender patient visits a psychiatrist in a hospital, is it fair to say that they have «severe psychiatric morbidity»? We believe research should be more rigorous. With 49 co-authors, including: @maxkorbmacher.bsky.social @erininthemorning.com @natacha.bsky.social @frende.bsky.social

Nice example of how research data can be validated against real world clinical data. doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

We just launched #GuesstheReplication (GutheR). It is a challenging game where you predict replicability based on the abstract and title of an original study. Play it now and beat my high score at lukasroeseler.github.io/GuessTheRepl... or use our free slides for teaching zenodo.org/records/1985...

Cognitive function at age 13 predicts dementia 60 years later, even controlling for cardiovascular and cardiometabolic risk. @KWalhovd www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

Fun facts about biological differences in sleep duration. But the title is misleading. Not about ageing but cross-sectional correlation. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Interested in neuroimaging and cognition in aging and want to work with us? We have an open position @KWalhovd @LCBC_UiO 2411.webcruiter.no/Main2/Recrui...

Use of brain age models frequently lead to wrong conclusions - unfortunately it is not easy to fix. Fortunately, there are better alternatives. @edvardg.bsky.social @fmrib-steve.bsky.social @didacvp.bsky.social @maxwellelliott.bsky.social @k.b.walhovd www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

🏓😊 Dürr, P., El Gheche, M., Maeda, G.J. et al. Outplaying elite table tennis players with an autonomous robot. Nature 652, 886–891 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

What can we learn from 1,000 meta-analyses across 10 different disciplines? doi.org/10.1017/rsm....

Paradigm shifts are BS. "We find that three key measures of scientific progress—major discoveries, methods and fields—each demonstrate that science evolves cumulatively." doi.org/10.1098/rspa...

Nature recently published massive studies on the credibility of social science. We — the Norwegian co-authors on the robustness-paper, Gerit Pfuhl, @oysteinhernaes.bsky.social, @maxkorbmacher.bsky.social, and me — wrote an opinion piece about it (in Norwegian): www.forskersonen.no/forskning-kr...

New paper alert 🤓🚨 Korbmacher, M., Boen, R., Andreassen, O.A. et al. White matter microstructure differences between 15q11.2 copy number variation carriers and non-carriers in mid-to-late life. Transl Psychiatry (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s413...

Ren, J., Zhang, W., Dahmani, L. et al. Parkinson’s disease as a somato-cognitive action network disorder. Nature (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by James D. Kent, Alejandro de la Vega, et al: Neurosynth Compose: A web-based platform for flexible and reproducible neuroimaging meta-analysis doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Would be great to make migraine meds obsolete for rTMS responders. Q is whether the classification into responders can be done with cheaper means than fMRI... link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Multimodal meta-analysis of brain integrity in disorders of consciousness A Sala, M Meys, N Alnagger, N Beliy, S Abagnale… - 2026 scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...

New post! There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost. Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...

Sex‐Modified Effects of APOE‐ε4 on Spatial Patterns of Brain Atrophy: A Multi‐cohort Study Zhang et al doi.org/10.1002/alz7...

Seems like gold for the Computational neuroscientists and data farmers among us: BrainScape: An open-source framework for integrating and preprocessing anatomical MRI datasets Muhammad Nabi Yasinzai, Remika Mito, Mangor Pedersen doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Are tele-neuropsychology and in-person assessment scores meaningfully different? A systematic review and meta-analysis Jessica I. Alva et al doi.org/10.1080/1385...

"Grassroots networks can help implement and harmonize open research efforts", by @agataboch.bsky.social, @tkalan.bsky.social, @maxkorbmacher.bsky.social, Lewend Mayiwar, @julienmayor.bsky.social & @dsquintana.bsky.social - doi.org/10.7557/11.8....

We're delighted to welcome TWO new diamond-OA PCI RR-friendly journals Registered Reports in Linguistics, ed. by @scoretta.bsky.social ky.social & @jess-hampton.bsky.social + Replication Research @r2journal.bsky.social ed. by @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & team rr.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_rr...

Hello world! Follow this account to receive announcements, invitations for open peer review, and publications from Replication Research.

Brain-age models with lower age prediction accuracy have higher sensitivity for disease detection Marc-Andre Schulz, Nys Tjade Siegel, Kerstin Ritter journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Is the “standard workflow” holding back fMRI analysis? Mass-univariate analysis is still the bread-and-butter: intuitive, fast… and chronically overfitted. Add harsh multiple-comparison penalties, and we patch the workflow with statistical band-aids. No wonder the stringency debates never die.

Nice one, from @drg.bsky.social and @jamesheathers.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Smeland, O.B., Kutrolli, G., Bahrami, S. et al. A genome-wide analysis of the shared genetic risk architecture of complex neurological and psychiatric disorders. Nat Neurosci (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Forskere skjuler nullfunn – koster samfunnet milliarder share.google/jgj4BlIEzVl4...

It's spooky season, so what better way to spend it than getting horrified by common statistical mistakes? A delightful dark read. It is great to follow the paper's development with reviewers' comments & authors' responses. By Tamar Makin from @plasticity-lab.bsky.social & Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Adam M. Wright, Qiuting Wen, et al: An fMRI approach to assess intracranial arterial-to-venous cardiac pulse delay in aging doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Sharing our new paper in Brain Communications ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/brai... We show that structural connectivity, as measured by high-resolution diffusion-weighted MRI, improved the ability to predict age-related alterations in brain function and cognition, relative to standard spatial resolution.

Prado, P., Medel, V., Gonzalez-Gomez, R. et al. The BrainLat project, a multimodal neuroimaging dataset of neurodegeneration from underrepresented backgrounds. Sci Data 10, 889 (2023). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

12 waves! Individual Differences in Developmental Trajectories of Global and Subcortical Brain Volumes Between Late Childhood and Late Adolescence: Findings From a 12-Wave Neuroimaging Study Human Brain Mapping | Neuroimaging Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Identifying brain functional subtypes and corresponding task performance profiles in autism spectrum disorder | Molecular Psychiatry www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by František Váša, Steven C.R. Williams, et al: Ultra-low-field brain MRI morphometry: Test–retest reliability and correspondence to high-field MRI doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

It’s not the thought that counts: Allostasis at the core of brain function www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... #neuroscience

Multimodal predictors of disability progression and processing speed decline in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis Breakdown below. rdcu.be/eLiQ7

Another interesting paper from LifeBrain consortium suggesting that sex differences in healthy brain aging are unlikely to explain higher prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in women www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

New preprint from member of FORRT - How to Develop and Use Open Educational Resources 📣 In this chapter, we position Open Educational Resources (OERs) as not only cost-saving tools but as instruments of epistemic justice and inclusion. 📃 osf.io/preprints/ed... 🧵👇

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! NOW!

Prolonged White Matter Remodeling Trajectories Predict Cognitive and Emotional Recovery After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 03 October 2025 (preprint) Aishwarya Rajesh, Timothy Laumann, Qing Wang et al. doi.org/10.21203/rs....

ComBatLS: A Location- and Scale-Preserving Method for Multi-Site Image Harmonization doi.org/10.1002/hbm....

Haukvik, U.K., Wolfers, T., Tesli, N. et al. Individual-level deviations from normative brain morphology in violence, psychosis, and psychopathy. Transl Psychiatry 15, 118 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s413...

Judged by your neighbors: A novel framework for personalized assessment of brain structural aging effects in diverse populations Ramona Leenings et al doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Reduced brain structural similarity is associated with maturation, neurobiological features, and clinical status in schizophrenia www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Peder A.G. Lillebostad, Arvid Lundervold, et al: Deep-learning segmentation of the substantia nigra from multiparametric MRI: Application to Parkinson’s disease doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

How to decide what to replicate or reproduce? We recommend priotizing studies with "high value" or unclear results, considering practical limits, watching for bias, and always communicate choices openly. Handbook chapter: forrt.org/replication_handbook/choosing_study.html